AFF) Mitsubishi Electric Cup

Singapore got off to an encouraging start in the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup with 3-2 win over Myanmar, but will need much improvement if they are to ...

Singapore turned the scoreline around for their first win against Myanmar, who finished the game with ten players.

They also met this year in this tournament in the group stage round in which Singapore won 3-0. The last time these two teams met was earlier this year in the Asian Cup qualifiers in which Singapore won 2-6. While in the Asian Cup qualifiers they have been left out by finishing third with only three points. He has also played several matches with the team of the lower category in which he played two matches and scored five goals. Myanmar arrives after playing three friendly matches where they lost against Thailand and with Hong Kong they played two matches, in one they drew and in the other they lost. In their first match of the competition they were defeated by 0-1 against Malaysia and had the equalizer at the end of the match, but wasted a penalty.

Singapore have notched their first 3 points in the tournament and play Laos next on Dec 27. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ilhan, who inspired the comeback, looked to be in tears when he was subbed off in the 54th minute, while the outstanding van Huizen also hobbled off in the 67th minute, and Man of the Match Shawal Anuar was unable to walk to the post-match press conference. It is hard to explain, maybe it was due to the pressure, but this is not the way to defend. For the third goal, coming from a long goal kick, I haven’t seen this type of goal since I was 12. Shawal, who scored his fifth international goal in 22 caps, said: “We went all out and deserved the three points. The goalkeeper did not come out for it. Nishigaya said: “We knew this would be a tight match, and I’m so happy with this result.