Story by Gabriel Goh/Red Sports. Photos by Louisa Goh/Red Sports
Anders Alpin (NTU #11) tussles for the ball with Menno Frankfort (SMU #20). Anders scored two goals in the game. (Photo 1 © Louisa Goh/Red Sports)
Nanyang Technological University, Thursday, September 11, 2014 — Nanyang Technological University (NTU) recorded a crushing 6–0 victory over Singapore Management University (SMU) in the Singapore University Games (SUniG) Football Championship.
The wet pitch did not stop the reigning champions who had a hat-trick from Jacob Chin (#15), two goals from Anders Alpin (#9) and a goal from Mohd Hyder (#7).
Just two minutes into the game, Anders Alpin (#9) dribbled his way into SMU’s penalty box to score NTU’s first goal. SMU argued for an offside violation but the referee stood by his decision.
SMU played good passes down the right flank, but their attempts were thwarted by NTU captain and left back, Sahairi (#3).
SMU’s opportunity to tie the game came when Keith Chnioh (#17) chipped the ball to Gideon Tan (#9) for an attempt, but was stopped short by NTU goalkeeper Muhammad Firdaus (#12).
Damir Skoko (#6) anchored NTU’s midfield offence and defence, setting up Anders Aplin (#9) on multiple occasions.
About 10 minutes later, after a steal from an SMU defender, Anders Alpin (#9) added another goal to give NTU the 2–0 lead at the end of the half.
Early in the second half, NTU’s Devesh (#11) stole the ball from SMU’s Marcus Tan (#6) and dribbled down the right flank to provide a low cross to Mohd Hyder (#7) for NTU’s third goal.
Just three minutes after coming off the bench, Jacob Chin (#15) contributed NTU’s fourth goal. In the next possession, Anders Alpin (#9) continued his good work down the right flank, drawing the defenders to himself before crossing the ball to Jacob Chin (#15) for NTU’s fifth goal.
SMU sealed their defeat when centre back Muhd Nuri (#26) missed a clearance in his own penalty box, allowing Jacob Chin (#15) to tap it into the net for his hat-trick.
SMU will next face Singapore Institute of Management, while NTU will play Singapore Institute of Technology. Both games will take place on Monday, September 15, at 7.30pm.
Score by Half
NTU vs SMU
1st half: 2–0
2nd half: 4–0 (6–0)
Scorers
NTU
Jacob Chin (#15) – 3 goals
Anders Alpin (#9) – 2 goals
Mohd Hyder (#7) – 1 goal
Nanyang Technological University Roster
Chiu Koon Hung (#1), Sahairi Bin Ramri (#3), Gavin Joshua Lee Tse Peng (#4), Mikko Jaakko Halonen (#5), Damir Skoko (#6), Mohamed Hyder Bin Mohamed Sulaiman (#7), Ikhwan Risydah Nasuha Bin Sapiee (#8), Anders Eric Aplin (#9), Pradeep Davichandran (#10), Devesh Raju Kripalani (#11), Muhammad Firdaus Bin Ismail (#12), Mohamed Farhan Bin Azmi (#13), Jacob Chin Meng Wee (#15), Muhammad Khair Bin Muhammad Rizauddin (#16), Tan Yong Geng (#17), Gary Loo Zhan Quan (#18), Abdul Shariff Bin Shaik Ahmad (#19), Muhammad Nabil Bin Muhammad Ismail (#21), Akmal Bin Ariffin (#22), Brendan Liang Jialiang (#23), Sharif Hidayat Bin Abdul Hamid (#25), Gan De Hao Christopher (#27)
Singapore Management University Roster
Aditya Mallik (#1), Law Kar Hoe (#2), Sim Kang Wei (#4), Parvesh Singh Dhillon (#5), Marcus Tan Chao Ming (#6), Siddiq Poh Bin Shahabidin Abdullah (#7), Kenneth Gomez (#8), Gideon Tan Perng Shyang (#9), Shuvod Rai (#10), Joaquim Urbano Ruiz Gomez (#12), Lim Wee Ta (#14), Yee Zheng Jie Joel (#15), Puar Si Wei (#16), Keith Chnioh Sing Yuan (#17), Philip Tai Khang Siong (#19), Menno Frankfort (#20), Thavanesan S/O Sivananthan (#21), Lester Tan Weng Wah (#22), Joseph Tai Chun Yin (#23), Lim Cheng Teck Roy (#25), Muhammad Nuri Bin Mohamed Shafei (#26), Christopher Hugh Gallagher (#31)
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