a disgrace to ASEAN

      Singapore, defending champion Vs Thailand, 3 times winners... how was the match supposed to be? Exciting, of course... or maybe few would be supporting Singapore for a win... Unfortunately, its not what happened a few hours ago...

      I would not have said Singapore played exceptionally well... They aren't England, Germany... or even Japan.... they are Singapore... mistakes can be seen everywhere... but i do salute to our national heroes... They maintained their composure & deserved the win... it could have been greater... Singapore wasn't that good... Lionel Lewis made a few simple mistakes that disappoint me... Singapore passes wasn't landing at the right place... but... they fight for every ball... the 'want' is there... Like my friend commented, 'They want the ball, but when they have the ball... they don't know what they want to do with the ball...'

      Thailand, on the other hand... did not proved their worth to be in the final... Right from the beginning... They are using dirty tricks trying to earn free kicks... get Singapore some cards etc... They did succeed somehow... as Malaysian referee, C Ravichandran, keep making mistakes... Many calls was seemed unjustified... Thailand keep diving... falling... 'injuring', they called for medic for at least 5times for first half... at one time... two players required stretcher...

      The worst ever scenario was the walk-out of pitch by the thais... encouraged by their coach... For a penalty they refused to give in... But our coach responded well... asking the players to prepare themselves on the pitch... The players concentrated on their game and not on thailand dirty stuff... In the end, they took the penalty & SINGAPORE WON~!!! the first leg ended National Stadium's 33years history... Thailand should receive some punishment for their 'sportsmanship' in the match... Singapore deserved to win much much more...

      Thailand fans aren't as loud as Vietnam, in terms of number... they are sporting enough to do the kallang waves... i SALUTES to the crowd... & our soccer players to show the world... Singapore plays FAIRLY~!! But strangely... the most chanted words in the stadium is neither 'Singapore' nor 'Thailand'... its... 'BUDOH' (stupid in malay)... Indeed... i would give the malaysian a 3/10 for his performance tonight... Don't blame me... he is indeed budoh for some decisions...