SINGAPORE — With just over three weeks to go before their Asean Football Federation (AFF) Championship opener, the Lions flunked their final rehearsal at the National Stadium as they lost 3-2 to Chinese Taipei on Nov 18. The defeat by the world No. 168 side, who are six places behind Singapore, left the home faithful among the 6,764 fans visibly...
Chinese Taipei's Chang Tai-yuan being watched closely by Singapore's Shah Shahiran at the National Stadium on Nov 18.SINGAPORE — With just over three weeks to go before their Asean Football Federation Championship opener, the Lions flunked their final rehearsal at the National Stadium as they lost 3-2 to Chinese Taipei on Nov 18.
Singapore coach Tsutomu Ogura shuffled his pack after the win over Myanmar — his first international victory in charge — as he made nine changes to the starting XI and deployed an experimental 3-4-2-1 set-up instead of the previous 4-2-3-1. "They went to a back four as the game went on, but maybe too late. Tactically, I thought we were very astute today. We were more clinical and very organised."
The Lions went into the break lucky not to be further behind as the Taiwanese hit the woodwork twice after scoring. However, Chinese Taipei restored their two-goal advantage when an unmarked Ivory Coast-born forward Ange Kouame headed in the visitors' third goal in stoppage time.
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