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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
So Singapore eventually lost to Thailand, I think 3-0, 'cause I left at the 82 minute stage, left disappointed, sad, yeah... You get the point. So this pretty much sums up what Singapore produced over the 90 minutes, a comment made by the Singapore commentator."And Ismael Younis thought he was a Brazilian, it took a goal to remind him that he was a Singaporean."
So in all honesty, Singapore only really played well around the 10 minute mark onwards, right up till the Thai goal, in the middle of their better spell of possession. You could say, right against play, perhaps. So you could say Singapore were a little unfortunate, however, the goal they conceded, even the other two, were really poor, and should not have happened.
The First Goal. It was very simple, actually, this goal. It was just a routine, bread-and-butter decision for Singaporean custodian Hassan Sunny to make, to stay in goal and let his defenders clear it, or for him to rush out, command his area, and catch or punch the ball away to safety. He chose the latter option, but his command of his area wasn't good enough, and his accuracy of his catch wasn't good enough, allowing a very, very soft goal, in all aspects. Routine save turns out to be a disastrous start for the Young Lions.
The Second Goal. Oh, oh, oh... Another routine, bread-and-butter defending that would make any amateur defender look and feel stupid around his friends and mates. Ismael Younis was in command of his defence, got the ball back to himself, and had two options, play it back to the goalkeeper, get it wide, or try to get it square to his full-back. Err wait, was that three options? Yeah... So he didn't do any of those three options, and decided to act like a ball-playing defender, and got easily dispossessed. The rest, was history, just that, Lionel Lewis' save was great, just that the rebound didn't do him any justice at all.
The Third Goal. Khairul Amri's mistake at trying to run his way out of his own half. The rest was pure Thai skill.
Thailand was superior at every single department. Few mistakes. Great commitment and tackles. Better dribbles, quality crossing. Overall better offensive play and defensive work. Singapore had much to admire. There were just too much skill and ball control within the Thai players. Khairul Amri, Fazrul Nawaz, Shahril Ishak and Ridhuan Mohammed were all the guilty parties with poor passing and poor decisions, such as those fancy flicks from Amri.
Singapore for Bronze?
The First Goal. It was very simple, actually, this goal. It was just a routine, bread-and-butter decision for Singaporean custodian Hassan Sunny to make, to stay in goal and let his defenders clear it, or for him to rush out, command his area, and catch or punch the ball away to safety. He chose the latter option, but his command of his area wasn't good enough, and his accuracy of his catch wasn't good enough, allowing a very, very soft goal, in all aspects. Routine save turns out to be a disastrous start for the Young Lions.
The Second Goal. Oh, oh, oh... Another routine, bread-and-butter defending that would make any amateur defender look and feel stupid around his friends and mates. Ismael Younis was in command of his defence, got the ball back to himself, and had two options, play it back to the goalkeeper, get it wide, or try to get it square to his full-back. Err wait, was that three options? Yeah... So he didn't do any of those three options, and decided to act like a ball-playing defender, and got easily dispossessed. The rest, was history, just that, Lionel Lewis' save was great, just that the rebound didn't do him any justice at all.
The Third Goal. Khairul Amri's mistake at trying to run his way out of his own half. The rest was pure Thai skill.
Thailand was superior at every single department. Few mistakes. Great commitment and tackles. Better dribbles, quality crossing. Overall better offensive play and defensive work. Singapore had much to admire. There were just too much skill and ball control within the Thai players. Khairul Amri, Fazrul Nawaz, Shahril Ishak and Ridhuan Mohammed were all the guilty parties with poor passing and poor decisions, such as those fancy flicks from Amri.
Singapore for Bronze?
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So now for European football. Marseille vs Liverpool. 3 points will secure the Merseyside club a spot in the knockout stages, and of course that lucrative £10million plus that goes with it. Rafa Benitez goes into this game on the back of a 3-1 away defeat to Reading, which was on the back of 5 consecutive wins and 21 goals. So hopefully they go back to their old form. The team to start should be:
Jose Manuel Reina; Steve Finnan, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Alvaro Arbeloa; Yossi Benayoun, Steven Gerrard, Javier Mascherano, Ryan Babel; Dirk Kuyt, Fernando Torres
The substitutes bench should include Charles Itandje; John Arne Riise, Jack Hobbs; Lucas Leiva, Harry Kewell; Peter Crouch, Andriy Voronin.
one for the start, one for the latter stages
both need a big performance, both in attack and in defence
both need a big performance, both in attack and in defenceSo good luck Rafa Benitez and company. The owner will be watching. I definitely think one eye will be on the FC Porto-Besiktas JK game. A win for the away side and a draw for the Reds will also see them through, but don't bank on that guys!
Oh yeah... There's this SCAM going on now. People sounding like China nationals, or maybe just China Chinese, are calling home phones around Singapore, possibly elsewhere, CLAIMING that particular person had won something, or could participate to win something. It is obviously untrue, as they would ask for your personal particulars. You could play along with 'em, not encouraged though, or the safe option, just hang up on those SCAMERS.
Bye~!
Oh yeah... There's this SCAM going on now. People sounding like China nationals, or maybe just China Chinese, are calling home phones around Singapore, possibly elsewhere, CLAIMING that particular person had won something, or could participate to win something. It is obviously untrue, as they would ask for your personal particulars. You could play along with 'em, not encouraged though, or the safe option, just hang up on those SCAMERS.
Bye~!
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