December 12,
2004
All eyes were on the television set in the
hotel lobby as
This match
will no doubt decide Singapore fate as if Vietnam & Indonesia draw the
Republic would have to go on a goal scoring spree in the ;last matches to catch
up on both countries in the goals department
By half-time
though, there were much cheers among the Singapore players as Indonesia raced
to a 3-goal lead as Indonesian keeper Hendro Kartiko had a superb game making 3 world class saves that totally
demolished the morale of the Vietnamese players in both half.
Certainly 1 player Goh Tat Chuan was
grateful to Indonesian keeper Hendro Kartiko
for the saves he make in the first & second half as if not the saves
he had make the Vietnam could have staged a comeback with the home support
behind them & then the game could have turned out differently & possibility
turning out to be a draw.
However like all the other players he did not mind who won
as long as there was a winner in the game & this was the mood in the
Singapore camp as everybody celebrated the fact the Republic now have the fate
of their destiny in their own hands.
However there were still cautions spoken out by senior
players like captain Aide Iskandar who had seem
Goh Tat Chuan echoed that view saying he is
ready to do battle.