Dark clouds gathered over the Prince Stadium on Wednesday as the Singapore Under-22 men’s football team trudged out for their second match of the 2023 SEA Games competition. It would prove ominous 90 minutes later with the Young Lions losing 3-1 to defending...
Aw, who had made five changes to his side that lost to Thailand after attacker Jordan Emaviwe and defender Andrew Aw Yong missed out due to illness, rued his side’s errors.
Just as they showed in the opener, there was plenty of graft to Singapore’s play but they lacked a moment of inspiration to match the perspiration. In the 36th minute, Vietnam seized possession after a loose touch by Jared Gallagher and surged up the field before Nguyen Van Tung unleashed a shot from inside the box that found the back of the net.
That effort took a deflection off Singapore defender Bill Mamadou and wrong-footed goalkeeper Aizil Yazid, leaving him with no chance of getting a hand to the ball.
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