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Agony for Shariff Samat "The penalty was the turning point of the game and we should have won the game in the first half." said Woodlands Wellington coach Salim Moin after his team crashed out of the Starhub League Cup with a 1-0 loss at home to defending holders DPMM in the semi-final. Indeed, should that spot kick converted by Korean import Moon Soon Ho in the 28th minute, the dimension of the match would have changed, especially the visitors were deemed the less unlikely side to make it to the Saturday's final to face Balestier Khalsa for their poor form in the league of late. Nonetheless, cup game is always different breed as compared to the league match with wins at all for the former setting and eventually saw a well-taken free kick in the second half by Hendra Azam in the 50th minute to seal the game. DPMM celebrated after took the lead As such, a costly error by Moon in the first half proved to be a fatal one which seems to have some damages done to

Gombak back for the third time, sure or not? I came to know that Gombak United are eying a comeback to the S.League . As what S.League CEO Lim Chin being quoted in papers saying they "are presently doing well", I am not quite sure of what does he mean by that. With a team that encountered sit out twice in recent years, anyone would expect them to be strengthened fundamentally after the first "sit-out" in 2002. "I recently had a chat with John Yap (Gombak United's chairman) and... his club are presently doing well as he prepares for Gombak to come back even stronger in the future, just like he has done before." S.League CEO Lim Chin, as quoted   But who would expect them to pull out last minute and left some of their players scrambling available spots with other clubs in a short space of time earlier this year? Having seen teams came and gone in recent years, no one can be blamed that such an application would be dealt with some skeptici

I would like to apologize for not being able to load up the July compilation and decided to merge together with those taken in August, regret any inconvenience caused. 2013 Singapore Cup - Balestier Khalsa 2-0 Hougang Utd (26/7/13) Balestier Khalsa are on route to a possible Cup double glories Balestier Khalsa overcame a two-goal deficit to level the game on aggregate and forced the game to extra time before triggering the penalty decider to knock Hougang Utd out of the Cup to clinch the first berth of the "Final Four". The outcome of this series also gave birth to a nickname for any match featuring both - the "Pinball Derby". Thank goodness that the  Tigers were in the  white outfits to allow shots at ISO3200. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF THE MATCH PICTURES Singapore Cup - Home United 3-2 Geylang Int'l 29/7/2013 Guess whose head was hidden The 2011 Cup holders filled up the last slot of the "Final Four" with a 5

Coach Sundram is N9-bound Just a short entry on the thoughts after the news broke out yesterday morning that Lions XII coach V Sundramoorthy is set to join Malaysian club Negri Sembilan in November . While I am not going to discuss the impact on the ongoing Lions XII's Malaysia Cup campaign, as I think I don't qualify for that. Instead, I would like to share my thoughts on the effect for the upcoming SEA Games in Burma in coming December. It was widely acknowledged that “The Dazzler” was supposed to spearhead the national U23 team in their quest for that elusive regional glory, thus with the confirmation of the 47-year-old's new venture across the Causeway in weeks to come, it had definitely caused quite a disruption for the SEA Games preparation. "As I have said on several occasions, I am deeply appreciative of the support and assistance rendered to me by my management and colleagues at FAS." said coach Sundram in a press release issued by the Football

Fazrul (L) recalled Fazrul Nawaz in, Shariff Samat out, Irwan Shah in, Hafiz Abu Sujad out, Shakir Hamzah in, Gabriel Quak out. These are some of notable names called up and excluded in Singapore national football team coach Bernd Stange's latest selection that was announced yesterday via the media release from the Football Association of Singapore. Other than that, the list of 22 players relatively stayed intact for the upcoming training tour to China and Hong Kong next month. Despite the brickbats after his showing against the Omanis, Balestier Khalsa's Qiu Li is still in loop with young Adam Swandi of Metz FC joining the group. Nonetheless, looking at the list of 22, there is one question that remains a mystery to me, at least. Qiu Li (L) keeps his spot in Stange's plans If anyone would still recall the match against the Omanis , it's not hard to tell the Lions were struggling to venture across the center line with their "passing and dominating