September 9, 2004

National coach Raddy Avramovic had plead to his players not to concede an early goal but yet again his charges let him own with a soft goal in the third minute, and subsequently go down 0-2.

Avramovic admitted the early goal was a blow as some players were not concentrating

However he was satisfied that Singapore created chances against a good team & showing signs of improvement, even though they lost which is good as they head to the Tiger Cup in December.

It was indeed a decent showing with Itimi Dickson was lively on both flanks, Goh Tat Chuan doing a good job ‘cleaning up‘ in midfield while Indra Sahdan Daud & Noh Alam Shah partnership starting to look as it could worked. Also at the back goalkeeper Hassan Sunny showing Lionel Lewis would not be missed as he is on equal is not better than the more experienced keeper.