July 5, 2004

June 4, 2004 Choa Chu Kang

SAFFC	1	3	Home United
Ashrin Shariff 16’			Egmar Goncalves 17’ Indra Sahdan 26’, 80’

Home United advanced to the semi-finals of the Big Trumpet Singapore Cup with a polished performance against SAFFC at Choa Chu Kang Stadium.

The Double Champion showed why they are still considered favourite by all as despite whatever the odds stacked against it, the team would be able to overcome it & emerged victorious.  

With a slender 1 goal advantage for the Warriors to protect, it was expected to be a tough fight for the Double Champion & conceding the first goal to the Warriors hardly make things any better but by the end of the first half, the double Champion have turned the table with them holding the slight advantage as a result of their 2 away goals.

July 4, 2004 Woolands

Woodlands Wellington	1	2	Geylang United
Razaleigh Khalik (OG) 64’			Stewart Petrie 7’ Nahar Daud 25’

The Eagles can hardly be considered an underdog under any circumstances in Singapore but this can considered to be the case as the Eagles having 1 of their worst season ever was laying in the lowly place of seventh position out of 10 teams while their opponent the Rams are in second position.

Also the Rams have the added advantage of 2 away goals despite losing the first leg 2-3 & a slender 1 goal victory against the Eagles will ensure the Rams go through to the semi-final of the Big Trumpet Singapore Cup.

It was never the case though for the Rams as within the first half an hour the quarter-final match was over with the Eagles scoring 2 goals.

With the 2 goals advantage finished the rams had no choice but to go all out &they did pulled 1 goal back but it was never enough & with them needing another 3 goals to go through, it was a case of asking too much from them.