Singapore's national football team, ranked 156th, managed to draw 2-2 with China, ranked 88th, in a World Cup qualifier match. Despite the comeback, the coach was not satisfied with the result.
Tsutomu Ogura would not have been wrong to describe his bow as Lions coach as one that merited congratulating. After all, his charges produced a spirited comeback as they rallied from 2-0 down at half-time to draw 2-2 with China at the National Stadium on March 21. Their first point in their 2026 World Cup Asian qualifying campaign saw the Singapore fans among the 28,414 crowd leaving the ground waving national flags in jubilation.
And yet, Ogura – who entered the post-match press conference looking sombre – was not in a celebratory mood after overseeing the 156th-ranked Singapore’s draw with their world No. 88 rivals, who had won 6-1 in their last encounter in a 2013 friendly in Tianjin. The Japanese, 57, said: “Somebody told me (after the match), ‘congratulations’. I asked why? I am not satisfied. I told the players this als
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