SINGAPORE - For 89 minutes, as the Lions held a 2-0 advantage in Thursday’s World Cup first-round qualifier against Guam, they looked assured, confident of their display and could have patted themselves on the back for a job well done. The fans had responded as well, full...
SINGAPORE - For 89 minutes, as the Lions held a 2-0 advantage in Thursday’s World Cup first-round qualifier against Guam, they looked assured, confident of their display and could have patted themselves on the back for a job well done.And then in the 90th minute, the whole narrative was wiped out along with the Lions’ clean sheet when Guam captain Jason Cunliffe pulled a goal back from a free kick just outside the box.
Countless chances were created but only two were put away. And this is a result that could come back to haunt them in five days when the Lions will play Guam in the return leg next Tuesday in Dededo.“Conceding that goal at the end was unacceptable and we need to regroup and refocus for the second leg” said Lions defender Jacob Mahler, who scored the second goal.
The slender win came in front of 10,355 fans which included 1,000 Team Nila volunteers and President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who went on the pitch before kick-off to greet players from both sides. The Lions came close to scoring at least five times inside the opening half hour with the team’s frontman Shawal Anuar’s profligacy the only black mark in the early exchanges.
The Lion City Sailors fullback brought down a searching ball from inside his own half by centre back Lionel Tan, beat a defender before finding the back of the net with aplomb.
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