September 26, 2004
Roundup of the week S-league
September 20, 2004 Tampines
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Tampines Rovers |
5 |
1 |
Woodlands |
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Mustafic Fahrudin 11’ Mirko Grabovac 36’ ,45’ Noh Alam Shah 49’, 57’ |
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Shahri Musa 90’ |
Newly-crowned
league champions Tampines Rovers wrapped up their
season in convincing fashion with their 12th league win on the trot
after a 5-1 drubbing over Woodlands
With the S-League
trophy presented to the Stags an hour before kick-off, the game was played in a
festive atmosphere at the stadium & the home team certainly did not
disappoint with a stirring performance. Mustafic Fahrudin opened accounts in minute by slamming the ball
past Yazid after Mirko Grabovac had set him up beautifully with a neat back-heel
at the top of the penalty box. The second goal arrived when Grabovac
tucked in the rebound after Yazid had spilled his
initial effort from point-blank range. The game was effectively over as a
contest in first half stoppage time when the tireless Tam Kim Leng picked out Grabovac with a
pin-point cross that left the striker with the simple task of nodding past Yazid from inside the six-yard box.
Despite the
comfortable lead, Tampines did not take their foot
off the pedal after the interval & continued the onslaught which led to Noh
Alam Shah adding goals number four and five in the
second half. Just 4 minutes into the resumption, Grabovac
broke the Rams’ offside trap with customary ease before squaring the ball for
his strike partner to tap into an empty net. Alam
Shah scored his second with an identical effort 8 minutes later, although it
was Aliff who provided the assist this time after
dispossessing Azmi Mahamud
just outside his own penalty area. Tampines had to
play on with 10 men with 10 minutes remaining after captain Nazri
Nasir had to leave the field due to a head injury
with the Stags having already used up all their substitutions. Rams capitalized
on their numerical advantage with substitute Shahri Musa scoring a consolation goal in the dying minutes of the
game after replacement goalkeeper Hafez Mawasi had
allowed Ahmad Latiff’s fierce drive to squirm under
his body.
That clearly did not dampen the
crowd’s spirits as they streamed onto the pitch to congratulate their heroes
after the final whistle was blown. The scene of the championship trophy being
paraded once again was a fitting conclusion to a truly remarkable season for
the Stags.
September 23, 2004 Choa
Chu Kang
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SAFFC |
2 |
0 |
TPUFC |
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Jonathon Angelucci 16’,25’ |
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The Warriors round off their season with
a home win against bottom placed Jaguars. Jonathon Angelucci
got both Warriors goals to finish as the Warriors top scorer for the league
with 13 goals but Ashrin Shariff
is overall top scorer with 16 goals for both league & Cup
September 23, 2004 Jalan
Besar
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Young Lions |
7 |
1 |
Sinchi |
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Agu Casmir 5’, 15’, 41’ Jamil Ali 67’ Fadzuhasny
Juraimi 80’, 90’ Itimi Dickson 87’ |
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Zhong Cheng 84’ |
The Cubs presented outgoing coach Kim Poulsen the perfect farewell gift with a 7-1 demolition job
on Sinchi who ended their night with only 9 players
on the pitch after Chen Xiao and Liu Bin both saw red in the second half.
The Cubs will now finish the season in
third place – a far cry from their bottom placing in the previous campaign.
The first half
totally belong to Agu Casmir who hit a first
half hat-trick. Agu upon receiving an innocuous pass
in midfield, skipped past marker Zhang Qinghua as if he wasn’t there & slammed a left-footed
shot past Chen Si for the opening goal. Then Agu doubled Young Lions’ lead with a blistering shot after Mustaqim Manzur had cut the ball
back from the bye-line. The striker completed his hat-trick 4 minutes before
the break with a simple tap-in after Vladan Seric had flicked Shaiful Esah’s cross past Chen Si,
although there could a suspicion as to whether Seric’s
initial effort had already crossed the goal line.
With the game all but beyond them, the
Sinchi players were content to just go through the
motions in the second half. Chen Xiao then pressed the self-destruct button
soon after by earning two cautions in as many minutes for needless fouls and
the Young Lions made the most of their numerical advantage with substitute Jamil Ali slotting past Chen Si
just inside the penalty box. Agu had to be replaced
by Noor Ikhsan after
suffering a minor injury but the absence of their top striker did not seem to
affect Young Lions as Fadzu scored the fifth goal from
Khairul Amri’s pass. To add
insult to injury, Sinchi found themselves
reduced to 9 men when referee Abdul Malik sent off
substitute Liu Bin for a petulant kick at Shaiful at
the touchline. However, Zhong Cheng pulled a goal
almost immediately after Liu Bin’s dismissal by latching onto Shaiful’s suicidal back-pass before drilling a low shot
past Hassan into goal. But that did not deter Young
Lions as they ran riot in the dying minutes which saw Itimi
& Fadzu add a couple more goals to condemn Sinchi to their worst ever defeat in the S-League.
September 24, 2004 Toa Poyah
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Balestier Khalsa |
0 |
3 |
Albirex Niigata |
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Issey Nakajima 43’, 79’ Toshinari Kobayashi
45’ |
The Swans defeated the hapless Tigers 3-0
at Toa Poyah ensuring the Tigers have to win their
last match against Home United to climb over Sinchi
September 26, 2004 Bedok
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Geylang United |
2 |
0 |
Home United |
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Rudy
Khairon 19’ Noh Rahman 56’ |
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In the battle of
The Protectors had make 9 changes from
their midweek AFC Cup match against Olympic