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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

National Day Challenge
- Singapore v China

I went to the National Day Challenge between Singapore and China hoping to see our Lions bounce back from that painful defeat to Liverpool and yes, also hoping to win a pair of tickets to watch Liverpool meet Manure at Anfield on 24 Oct! I went there alone, I sms 4 friends, and only 2 responded and both couldn't make it and 1 even told me he is not a Lions fan anymore since the 80s! Huh?! I thought all Singaporean is a Lions fan! But then again, I am quite used to this kind of scenario. Nobody give local football a chance. That's very sad. So to add on to my National Day wish- May all Singaporeans come out of their shell and be there for our National team whenever they need us!

Yes, the placard says it all... crowd for our Lions' matches has been going down. It's sad, so sad, it's a sad sad situation (to the tune of Sorry seems to be the hardest word...)

When I was parking my car at the Stadium, this ang mo was also going into the parking lot next to me. I gave him a glance and contiune tearing my parking coupon. I looked at him again and realised....HEY, it's JOHN DYKES, the ESPN Football Focus host! Haha...

Back to the match... Alam Shah gave us a 7minute lead. A good header, connecting well with the corner. After that, it was China who dominated (yes, expected) and they got their equaliser some 30mins later. We defended well really and Hariss Harun was my man of the match. He was really composed and made tackles so well that he finished the whole game. In the second half, China had at least 5 good chances but Hassan Sunny was super for us. Duric missed a sitter, one on one with the China keeper, yet he ballooned the ball high into the night sky. 90mins was up and the game went into penalty shootout. In the end, Duric, also the Birthday Boy today, missed the crucial last penalty the gave China the meaningless Friendly cup.

So did I win the ticket to Anfield? Of course, No... the winning ticket number was 10631, mine? 10653! So close isn't it?! Haha... So in the end, all I got was a sore throat (All the Singapore Singapore Go Go, S-I-N-G-A-P-O-R-E, and most of the time..."Defend, Defend...") that threatened to ruin my voice box and a picture of John Dykes car!