The Singapore national football team needed to keep it tight at the back and only hold out for a goalless draw in their final AFF Mitsubishi Electric Group B to qualify for the semi-finals, but they went down 4-1 against arch-rivals Malaysia at the Bukit Jalil Stadium on Wednesday night.
Faris Ramli reduced the deficit for the Lions in the 85th minute, but substitute Sergio Aguero restored Malaysia’s three-goal lead in the 88th minute. The Malaysians came out with an attacking mindset as the Lions’ custodian Hassan Sunny was the busier of the two goalkeepers right from the start. In the eighth minute, Singapore’s defence was caught napping from a long ball into the box, but they had Hassan to thank as he made a double save to deny Faisal Halim and V. Ruventhiran.
The deadlock was finally broken in the 35th minute when Safawi Rashid, despite being marked by two Singapore players, managed to cross the ball from the right flank, and Lok sent a thumping header to the top corner.
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