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SINGAPORE: Needing to avoid defeat to progress to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Mitsubishi Electric Cup semi-finals, Singapore sunk to a 4-1 loss at ...

Vietnam took top spot with 10 points after a 3-0 victory over Laos on Tuesday, while Malaysia finished on nine points. And his side walked the walk. Ikhsan, however, was ruled out of this tournament before a ball was kicked, having sustained an injury during an international friendly against Maldives in December. Singapore would find gaps in Malaysia's backline on several occasions, with the most notable chance coming the way of Song. Faizal continued to be a thorn in the side of the Singapore defence and would hammer a shot at Hassan minutes later after Song Ui-young had lost posession. A 0-0 stalemate against Vietnam at the Jalan Besar stadium on Friday then kept them in good stead to make the semis for the second consecutive tournament.

SINGAPORE — A gritty 0-0 draw against Vietnam four days ago gave Singapore an advantage to defend as they faced arch-rivals Malaysia in their AFF Mitsubishi ...

Malaysia's Brendan Gan (left) and Singapore's Amy Recha tussling for the ball during the hosts' 4-1 win in Kuala Lumpur. · Singapore fans at the Bukit Jalil ...

But they are thirsty, and they want to convince the public they are good players. We tried to attack and go for goal, but we couldn’t achieve this in this game. My demands are not easy and they suffered a lot. We will definitely work to improve on our attacking plays and defensively as well.” The players had been under a lot of pressure from all quarters, including from me. Nishigaya, however, insisted that it was the right tactical decision to start with Amy and use Shawal in the second half as “Amy gave a good performance”.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia booked their semi final spot at the 2022 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup after defeating Singapore 4-1 in the Group B final...