SEA Games Football: Mikasa football flies like cheap plastic ball
Singapore lost 1–2 to Myanmar in their second game of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games under-23 football tournament. Here are three talking points from last night's game.
Singapore lost 1–2 to Myanmar in their second game of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games under-23 football tournament. Here are three talking points from last night's game.
This is their first loss after an opening 1–0 win over Philippines earlier this week.
Here are three talking points from the game between Singapore and Philippines.
With just three minutes remaining in the first half, Safirul Sulaiman (#28) launched a free kick and Abdul Hadi (#15) glanced the header past the stranded Azkal goalkeeper Florencio Jr. Badelic (#1) for the opening goal.
Michael Paul Hendrick (#7) was the hero for MJC, as he scored the tiebreaking free kick in extra time to secure their victory.
This is Jurong’s first time qualifying for top four. RI finished second in last year’s edition.
This is VJC's third straight title, and their seventh in eight years. Raffles Institution won the title in 2012 to halt VJC's four-year title streak then.
Ferdinand Lim (#2), Jonathan Lim (#10) and Chiang Ken Ji (#17) each contributed a goal. All three goals came in a 12-minute spell in the second half.