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Young Lions fans at the stands Sometimes, you really need a kick at your butts to get things going. After their coach Terry Pathmanathan's outburst on Monday , the Young Lions restored some pride after they came from a goal behind to draw level with Woodlands Wellington at the Jalan Besar Stadium. "It was a good game as compared to the last two." said the former national team skipper (above). "I think one point (from this game) is a consolation for us, though it should have been three points. "We fought and worked hard but have to make some tactical moves to attack as that's the only way (to play) when we are one goal down." added coach Pathmanathan. "My players were under pressure after we lost our last three games." commented Woodlands' coach Nenad Bacina (above) when he addressed the press. "We were slow to open up the game but we scored at the right time and from set-pieces. "We were confident of getting all three points but

Teams lining up before the start PREVIEW We are heading towards the last home match of SAFFC's ACL campaign this coming Tuesday (5th of May) at the Jalan Besar Stadium.  It has not been a smooth ride for the defending S.League champions since their 5-0 defeat away to Kashima Antlers in the same tournament.  To add salt to the wounds, two successive losses to DPMM in Brunei last Sunday and Geylang United on Labour Day saw the Warriors being knocked off from the top of the league standings and out of the RHB Singapore Cup respectively.  Indeed, this is something very rare for a team like SAFFC to go through this kind of ordeal.  The ACL has been an eye-opener for the club (if not the whole local football fraternity), as they are being exposed to the harsh reality of a higher-pace and more dynamic style of football.  But with the Cup already out of their grasp, the Warriors need to know they need to recover fast mentally to remain in their hunt to defend their league title.   AFT

Snapped this shot using my mobile after the game. The newly-crowned Cambodian Cup (Hun Sen Cup) winners Phnom Penh might even have a chance to claim the Singapore Cup as well, after they brushed aside an unimpressive Young Lions in their opener at the Jurong West Stadium. As a promise to one of the players, here's the picture taken after their match.

That was what I was told by the stadium "jaga", as he pointed to me the poster at the notice board that said no video and filming are allowed at the stadium premises. "If you want , you have to speak to my officer at second floor" said the "jaga". The point was that never in my blogging experience I was told that photo-taking was not allowed in any of the SSC stadium (unless it is really the case). Having cleared the air, it was concluded these poor "jaga" are just blindly follow the orders.... Ok, back to the business that there was a tip-off that one of the guest teams of this season's RHB Singapore Cup - Phnom Penh Crown were having their training session at Jurong West Stadium and decided to pop-in for a check. Since, I wasn't allowed to take any photo... I thought the whole blogging would be called-off but managed to snap this (above) from the stand. Eventually, the air was cleared and here I was standing back their coach watching t

SAFFC were knocked out of the Singapore Cup tournament by a resurrected Geylang United at the Bedok Stadium. Picture tells a thousand words - take note of SAFFC's players' (in darker outfit) reaction after the game. "They (Geylang) took their chances and we didn't." said grim-faced Richard Bok after his fatigued SAFFC were knocked out of the Singapore Cup by Geylang United. "Football is that we don't score and we don't win the game at all. "The morale is a bit low and it's not easy to get it up but we'll try." he added "The urgency to win is there as we want to prove our last three victories before the draw against the Young Lions were not fluke." said Geylang's coach Mike Wong (above) in his post-match assessment with the press. "Every game to us is like a Cup Final now since we started off quite badly in our league campaign. "The important thing is keep team going on to do right thing now." added Wong,