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Road to South Africa: International Friendly
Oman v Singapore
Sunday 27 January 2008 Singapore Time: 10:30pm
Raddy optimistic following Lions win over Kuwait
Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic expressed cautious satisfaction with the outcome of his sideÂ’s friendly match against Kuwait on Thursday evening. Singapore beat Kuwait 2-0 which is the first win by the Lions over the Kuwaitis and follows a 2-2 draw the last time and two defeats home and away immediately before that.
“It was important for us to test ourselves against a good team and Kuwait is a good team”, the coach said. “Oman is a good team too and so is Jordan, but these matches are (essentially) preparation for the Saudi game more than anything else. “We do need to improve on our switching from attack back to defence more. It was interesting to see how we played against decent competition” he said.
“You can see there was still some tightness with the players and I think the next seven days should improve this. “We always say that if the defence does well, not just the back four, but the whole team’s defensive work, then the team will do well. We try to play football and not sit back.
Asked if there might be many changes for the next match or matches the coach emphasised that some of the younger players would get their chance. “Some will get their chance in the next two games, defenders in particular,” Avramovic said. “The main thing I was looking at in the Kuwait game was the players’ attitude and it was good.
Avramovic stressed that the games against both Oman and Jordan would be very hard ones though Kuwait could beat either of those sides on their day too.
Singapore: Lionel Lewis, Noh Rahman, Precious Emuejeraye, Baihakki Khaizan, Daniel Bennett, Shi Jiayi, Shahril Ishak, John Wilkinson, Hariss Harun, Mustafic Fahrudin, Isa Halim, Fazrul Nawaz, Khairul Amri, Indra Sahdan, Ridhuan Muhamad, Aleksandar Duric, Agu Casmir, Hassan Sunny, Faizal Hamid, Ismail Yunos, JumaÂ’at Jantan, Sevki ShaÂ’ban. -
Any one knows who is that thorn amongst the roses...
Sitting nearest to Lionel... -
first row left side first one...
how come open legs so big? lampa sho big izzit
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he afraid "there" no air to breathe mah.Originally posted by Y_Shun:first row left side first one...
how come open legs so big? lampa sho big izzit -
Live on SIngapore TV?
Raddy knows his boys strength and weakness like a good father knows his own Children so I am sure the result is going to be good.GO LIONS GO!! -
i tink its the physiotherapistOriginally posted by zocoss:[img]
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Yea.Originally posted by casshern:i tink its the physiotherapist -
MUSCAT, 27 January 2008:
Al-Ansar Sultan Qaboos International Stadium
Half Time: Oman 2-0 Singapore
Singapore play their second international friendly of their training tour this evening against another of coach Raddy's former teams - Oman.
Kick off has been put back by 30 mins to 1900hrs local time (2300hrs S'pore time).
John Wilkinson has been rested from today's match after picking up a slight knock in training yesterday. Ridhuan Muhamad takes his place.
Elsewhere, Faizal Hamid returns at right-back in place of Noh Rahman and Khairul Amri will start on the left instead of Fazrul Nawaz.
It's a big milestone for keeper Lionel Lewis, 25, and defender Baihakki Khaizan, who turns 24 in four days time. They both pick up their 50th international cap today.
On Thursday, the Lions beat Kuwait 2-0 at the same venue thanks to goals from Mustafic Fahrudin and Aleksandar Duric.
Singapore lineup: Lionel Lewis (gk), Faizal Hamid, Baihakki Khaizan, Precious Emeujeraye, Daniel Bennett, Ridhuan Muhamad, Mustafic Fahrudin, Shi Jia Yi, Khairul Amri, Indra Sahdan (captain) and Aleksandar Duric
First Half
0 min - We are under way in our change strip of all blue.
5 mins - Good start by our Lions with plenty of possession.
7 mins - Emad Alhosni puts Oman ahead, bursting through the centre placing his effort in the bottom corner. That was the home side's first attack of the game.
8 mins - Emad wins Oman a penalty after being brought down by Baihakki in the area.
9 mins - Hussain Mudhafar sends Lionel the wrong way from the spot to put the hosts 2-0 up inside 10 mins.
20 mins - Our Lions are getting back into the game but Amri and Duric have been caught offside on several occasions.
29 mins - Freekick on the right taken by Jia Yi. Half cleared by the defence and Mustafic's shot from outside the area gets deflected out for a corner. -
ms Yeo Swee Koon.Originally posted by casshern:i tink its the physiotherapist -
7 mins score one goal, 8 mins score another...
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is tat the Oman GK from Bolton
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Why get a woman physiotherapist ?
Its a guys game then suddenly a woman run out... weird right... never seem other teams with a woman physiotherapist before... -
30 mins - Yellow for Mustafic.
39 mins - Amri tries from range from the left through a crowd of players. Keeper does well going down to save.
42 mins - Good passing sequence sees Mustafic brought down outside the box. Duric blazes the freekick over the bar.
44 mins - Great effort by Amri just inside the box but his shot just clears the bar as he aims for the top left corner.
Half Time - Despite falling 2-0 so early in the half, our Lions have given a good account of themselves so far with Amri particularly lively in the last 20 minutes. By no means we are out of this yet.
Second Half
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HAHAHAHAOriginally posted by Y_Shun:first row left side first one...
how come open legs so big? lampa sho big izzit 
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Second Half
46 mins - Singapore kicks off the second half with no changes at the break.
55 mins - Amri put through by Indra with a superb slide-rule pass and is brought down by a defender in the box. However the referee waves play on!
58 mins - Singapore make our first change with Noh Rahman coming on for Faizal Hamid. It is Noh's 50th appearance for the country.
63 mins - Skipper Indra goes off to be replaced by Agu Casmir.
66 mins - Another half chance for Amri as he is put through but the Oman captain recovers well to clear the danger.
72 mins - Ismail Yunos comes on for Baihakki in defence.
77 mins - Amri has a goal disallowed with the assistant referee flagging him for offside.
80 mins - Jia Yi, who is having a very good game in central midfield, has a tremendous shot from distance well saved by the keeper.
81 mins - Juma'at Jantan is on for Mustafic.
84 mins - Bennett is replaced by Shahril Ishak. Juma'at shifts over to left-back while Shahril takes his place in midfield.
Full Time - The two early goals proved ultimately enough for Oman to hang on to a 2-0 win over Singapore. -
Got...Havant and Waterlooville's is a female. When she came on, all the fans started whistling.Originally posted by zocoss:Why get a woman physiotherapist ?
Its a guys game then suddenly a woman run out... weird right... never seem other teams with a woman physiotherapist before... -
Well that explains... Havant and Waterlooville isn't even a league side... For all we know she is also a part-timer whose BF or Father happens to be at that non league club...Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:Got...Havant and Waterlooville's is a female. When she came on, all the fans started whistling. 
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Cmon don't have to discriminate females right? They can do the same job or even better than guys.Originally posted by zocoss:Well that explains... Havant and Waterlooville isn't even a league side... For all we know she is also a part-timer whose BF or Father happens to be at that non league club...