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FREE shuttle buses from Kallang MRT for fans attending World Cup Qualifier
SINGAPORE, 24 March 2008: The Football Association of Singapore will be providing a free shuttle bus service from Kallang MRT Station for all fans going to the World Cup Qualifier between Singapore and Lebanon at the National Stadium on Wednesday 26 March.
The service will run from 6pm to 8pm with the pick-up location directly opposite the station at the public carpark next to the bus interchange.
Buses will depart the carpark for the National Stadium at regular intervals of approximately 10 minutes.
SINGAPORE, 24 March 2008: The Football Association of Singapore will be providing a free shuttle bus service from Kallang MRT Station for all fans going to the World Cup Qualifier between Singapore and Lebanon at the National Stadium on Wednesday 26 March.
The service will run from 6pm to 8pm with the pick-up location directly opposite the station at the public carpark next to the bus interchange.
Buses will depart the carpark for the National Stadium at regular intervals of approximately 10 minutes.
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Ticket information for upcoming international games
Singapore will play Bahrain in the International Friendly on Wednesday 28 May 2008 at the National Stadium.
Singapore will then take on Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Qualifier of the Asian Zone (Round 3, Group 4) on 02 June and 14 June respectively.
Tickets will be on sale for all three matches starting from 20 May 2008 at all S.League Clubs and the FAS Office located at Jalan Besar Stadium.
Ticketing details are as follows:
International Friendly
Singapore vs Bahrain
Wednesday 28 May 2008
National Stadium, 7.30pm
Pre-sales:
20 May-26 May 2008 at all S.League Clubs (Mon-Fri, office hours)
20 May-27 May 2008 at FAS Office (Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm)
Ticket Prices:
Grandstand $10.00
Gallery Adult $6.00
Gallery Student $2.00 (applicable to only Secondary / Junior College / ITE)
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Qualifier of the Asian Zone
Singapore vs Uzbekistan
Monday 02 June 2008
National Stadium, 7.30pm
Singapore vs Saudi Arabia
Saturday 14 June 2008
National Stadium, 7.30pm
Pre-sales will commence from 20 May to13 June 2008 at all S.League Clubs (office hours) and FAS Office (Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm).
Early Bird Special:
Grandstand $15.00
Gallery Adult $6.00
Gallery Student $2.00 (applicable to only Secondary / Junior College / ITE)
Match Day Ticket Pricings:
Grandstand $20.00
Gallery Adult $8.00
Gallery Student $3.00 (applicable to only Secondary /Junior College / ITE)
Free admission for Primary School students and below for all three matches.
Tickets will be on sale on Match Day for all three games at the National Stadium (East and West Entrances) from 5.30pm onwards.
Singapore will play Bahrain in the International Friendly on Wednesday 28 May 2008 at the National Stadium.
Singapore will then take on Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Qualifier of the Asian Zone (Round 3, Group 4) on 02 June and 14 June respectively.
Tickets will be on sale for all three matches starting from 20 May 2008 at all S.League Clubs and the FAS Office located at Jalan Besar Stadium.
Ticketing details are as follows:
International Friendly
Singapore vs Bahrain
Wednesday 28 May 2008
National Stadium, 7.30pm
Pre-sales:
20 May-26 May 2008 at all S.League Clubs (Mon-Fri, office hours)
20 May-27 May 2008 at FAS Office (Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm)
Ticket Prices:
Grandstand $10.00
Gallery Adult $6.00
Gallery Student $2.00 (applicable to only Secondary / Junior College / ITE)
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Qualifier of the Asian Zone
Singapore vs Uzbekistan
Monday 02 June 2008
National Stadium, 7.30pm
Singapore vs Saudi Arabia
Saturday 14 June 2008
National Stadium, 7.30pm
Pre-sales will commence from 20 May to13 June 2008 at all S.League Clubs (office hours) and FAS Office (Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm).
Early Bird Special:
Grandstand $15.00
Gallery Adult $6.00
Gallery Student $2.00 (applicable to only Secondary / Junior College / ITE)
Match Day Ticket Pricings:
Grandstand $20.00
Gallery Adult $8.00
Gallery Student $3.00 (applicable to only Secondary /Junior College / ITE)
Free admission for Primary School students and below for all three matches.
Tickets will be on sale on Match Day for all three games at the National Stadium (East and West Entrances) from 5.30pm onwards.
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Singapore aim for a positive result ahead of World Cup Qualifiers
Gary Koh
info@fas.org.sg
As part of their preparations for the June 2010 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone Third Round qualifiers, Singapore take on Bahrain in a friendly match at National Stadium on Wednesday.
Presently second in Group Four, the Lions seek a positive result from this game ahead of their home qualifier against leaders Uzbekistan on Monday.
For they have never achieved a victory against the visitors in their previous three head-to-head encounters, the most recent being a 3-1 reverse in Manama in October last year.
Complicating matters for national coach Radjoko Avramovic is the absence of several Lions.
Regular skipper Indra Sahdan Daud and Hariss Harun are sidelined after suffering from hamstring and ankle injuries respectively.
Shariff Abdul Samat is also unavailable as he is presently in Brunei for family reasons.
Despite these woes hitting his team, Avramovic remains optimistic and believes the friendly will provide a stern test for them ahead of the qualifiers.
“It is a good situation that we have a friendly against a strong team such as Bahrain before our next competitive game,” he said.
“We will use it to sort out the possible eleven that will face Uzbekistan and also take a look at other players during the game.
“We will realize from this match the various possibilities we could face against Uzbekistan and how we are going to cope with the pressure and expectations in the next two weeks.”
In the absence of the regular national stalwarts, the newcomers in the Lions camp-defenders Afiq Yunos and Shaiful Esah, and forward Qiu Li-are in line to win their first caps for their country.
Apart from their injury worries, the hosts have to keep a watchful eye on Bahraini A’ala Hubail. The 25-year-old is considered one of the most feared forwards in Asia.
His goals have been pivotal in his country’s ascendancy as a leading continental football power and his match winners in the group qualifiers are instrumental in his team currently sitting atop at Group Two, ahead of traditional powerhouses Japan.
Apart from scoring, he is equally devastating in setting up for his teammates, as he demonstrated in providing his Nigerian-born strike partner Jaycee John Akwina’s hat-trick the last time Singapore and Bahrain met.
However the Bahrainis, whose opponents in their next qualifier are Thailand, would not fancy themselves playing in humid conditions on Wednesday.
They drew goalless in Malaysia in the preliminary round of the World Cup qualifiers last year and finished bottom of their group in last year’s AFC Asian Cup, succumbing 2-1 to co-hosts Indonesia.
Veteran Czech coach Milan Macala dismissed the potential obstacle as he felt the cooler weather from the showers would work in Bahrain’s favour and they were gaining from strength to strength since his appointment in the middle of 2007.
“In the Asian Cup last year, I had to contend with injuries and was new with the team, thus our results were not fantastic in the tournament,” he said.
“Since then I have introduced several players from the Olympic team and we have had more experience playing together as our perfect record in the (third round group stage) qualifiers showed.
“Our focus is on Thailand and we are using this game to prepare under the conditions we are expected to face in Bangkok.”
Soooooooo is anybody going to the Bahrain match tmr?
Gary Koh
info@fas.org.sg
As part of their preparations for the June 2010 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone Third Round qualifiers, Singapore take on Bahrain in a friendly match at National Stadium on Wednesday.
Presently second in Group Four, the Lions seek a positive result from this game ahead of their home qualifier against leaders Uzbekistan on Monday.
For they have never achieved a victory against the visitors in their previous three head-to-head encounters, the most recent being a 3-1 reverse in Manama in October last year.
Complicating matters for national coach Radjoko Avramovic is the absence of several Lions.
Regular skipper Indra Sahdan Daud and Hariss Harun are sidelined after suffering from hamstring and ankle injuries respectively.
Shariff Abdul Samat is also unavailable as he is presently in Brunei for family reasons.
Despite these woes hitting his team, Avramovic remains optimistic and believes the friendly will provide a stern test for them ahead of the qualifiers.
“It is a good situation that we have a friendly against a strong team such as Bahrain before our next competitive game,” he said.
“We will use it to sort out the possible eleven that will face Uzbekistan and also take a look at other players during the game.
“We will realize from this match the various possibilities we could face against Uzbekistan and how we are going to cope with the pressure and expectations in the next two weeks.”
In the absence of the regular national stalwarts, the newcomers in the Lions camp-defenders Afiq Yunos and Shaiful Esah, and forward Qiu Li-are in line to win their first caps for their country.
Apart from their injury worries, the hosts have to keep a watchful eye on Bahraini A’ala Hubail. The 25-year-old is considered one of the most feared forwards in Asia.
His goals have been pivotal in his country’s ascendancy as a leading continental football power and his match winners in the group qualifiers are instrumental in his team currently sitting atop at Group Two, ahead of traditional powerhouses Japan.
Apart from scoring, he is equally devastating in setting up for his teammates, as he demonstrated in providing his Nigerian-born strike partner Jaycee John Akwina’s hat-trick the last time Singapore and Bahrain met.
However the Bahrainis, whose opponents in their next qualifier are Thailand, would not fancy themselves playing in humid conditions on Wednesday.
They drew goalless in Malaysia in the preliminary round of the World Cup qualifiers last year and finished bottom of their group in last year’s AFC Asian Cup, succumbing 2-1 to co-hosts Indonesia.
Veteran Czech coach Milan Macala dismissed the potential obstacle as he felt the cooler weather from the showers would work in Bahrain’s favour and they were gaining from strength to strength since his appointment in the middle of 2007.
“In the Asian Cup last year, I had to contend with injuries and was new with the team, thus our results were not fantastic in the tournament,” he said.
“Since then I have introduced several players from the Olympic team and we have had more experience playing together as our perfect record in the (third round group stage) qualifiers showed.
“Our focus is on Thailand and we are using this game to prepare under the conditions we are expected to face in Bangkok.”
Soooooooo is anybody going to the Bahrain match tmr?
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International Friendly:Singapore vs Bahrain
Gary Koh
info@sleague.com
Singapore succumbed to a late solitary Bahrain goal in an international friendly at National Stadium on Wednesday evening.
It came in the 82nd minute when Bahraini substitute Hamad Rakea Al Anezi capitalized on a lapse of concentration in the Lions’ defence to pounce the winner.
The loss left national coach Radjoko Avramovic and his men needing to address the problems from the match ahead of Monday’s home World Cup Asian zone Group Four qualifier against Uzbekistan.
The Lions did not have it all their way at first when Bahrain took the game to them early in the first half.
They were fortunate not to be behind as early as the 12th minute when left-back Daniel Bennett hit a clearance that went straight to Bahraini forward A’ala Hubail.
The latter then shrugged off the former’s missed tackle to break away in the box but spurned his opportunity to break the deadlock.
Bennett had the Lions goalkeeper Hassan Sunny to his rescue seven minutes later for denying Hubail’s strike partner Ismaeel AbdulLatif Ismaeel after the Bahraini left him for dead.
Hassan kept the score goalless in the 35th minute when, in the midst of the ball-watching defence, he rushed to challenge Bahraini midfielder Abdulla Ismaeel Omar who contrived to sky his effort from close range.
On the other end, the hosts struggled to threaten the visitors’ half in the first half, the closest being midfielder Shi Jiayi’s long range shot that was turned away by Bahrain goalkeeper Sayed Mohamed Jaffar Sabt.
Frustrated at his charges’ struggles to break down their opponents, Avramovic sent in four half-time substitutes to turn the tide in the second half.
The changes had the desire effect when the hosts took control of proceedings after the break.
Half-time substitutes Ridhuan Muhammad caused problems for the Bahrain defence as the focal point of constant Singapore pressure when he raided the right flank and drew defenders to him.
That allowed Aleksandar Duric to be the effective link between midfield and attack as he used his height and ball control to position himself and his teammates into threatening positions in the Bahrain box and drawing continuous fouls in their favour.
However the poor final ball and lack of finishing saw the hosts fail to turn their second half domination into goals.
Debutante Qiu Li, who also came on at half-time, almost had his dream first cap in the 75th minute when his direct free kick in the 75th minute was well saved by Sayed.
The Lions were made to pay for their profligate finishing eight minutes later when Bahrain’s second half replacement Okwunwanne, despite the close attention of his markers, crossed to an onrushing Al Anezi in the Singapore penalty area.
With the goal gaping open as Singapore substitute goalkeeper Lionel Lewis was caught in no man’s land, the match winner made no mistake with his close range effort to silence the 4,844-strong Kallang faithful and condemn the hosts to their fourth defeat in as many head-to-head encounters.
Singapore coach Avramovic felt his men deserved better than the eventual outcome in the post-match interview.
He lamented: “We lost the game we did not deserve to lose. I felt we had done enough to score at least one goal or keep the game scoreless and showed we could match our opponents tonight.”
The Serb further pointed out his disappointment in how his team conceded the goal and the cost of defeat at international level.
“I was unhappy that we unnecessarily kept losing possession. Long balls, short balls, we kept giving the ball away to them,” he continued.
“As for the goal, we simply cannot allow this to happen. There were two players closing in on one Bahraini on the left and he took two to three touches before the defence reacted.
“The solitary goal made the big difference between winning and losing tonight.”
He admitted more work had to be done on the training pitch before the Uzbekistan qualifier.
“Our set-pieces are not in sync and the question of timing of the runs and passes has to be improved so that we can get the ball at the right place at the right time.
“Uzbekistan are similar to Bahrain in many aspects and we had good exposure from this game. From this game, smart defending is a must if we are to get a result against the Uzbeks.”
Finally, addressing the concern of the poor turnout in the friendly, he appealed for Singaporeans to show in full force in what could be a historic June in Singapore football history.
“Reaching the third round of the World Cup qualifiers is something special as we have never reached this far before and the fans should be part of this historic occasion.
“The players are always giving their all as they did tonight and deserve all the support they can get and need on Monday.”
Gary Koh
info@sleague.com
Singapore succumbed to a late solitary Bahrain goal in an international friendly at National Stadium on Wednesday evening.
It came in the 82nd minute when Bahraini substitute Hamad Rakea Al Anezi capitalized on a lapse of concentration in the Lions’ defence to pounce the winner.
The loss left national coach Radjoko Avramovic and his men needing to address the problems from the match ahead of Monday’s home World Cup Asian zone Group Four qualifier against Uzbekistan.
The Lions did not have it all their way at first when Bahrain took the game to them early in the first half.
They were fortunate not to be behind as early as the 12th minute when left-back Daniel Bennett hit a clearance that went straight to Bahraini forward A’ala Hubail.
The latter then shrugged off the former’s missed tackle to break away in the box but spurned his opportunity to break the deadlock.
Bennett had the Lions goalkeeper Hassan Sunny to his rescue seven minutes later for denying Hubail’s strike partner Ismaeel AbdulLatif Ismaeel after the Bahraini left him for dead.
Hassan kept the score goalless in the 35th minute when, in the midst of the ball-watching defence, he rushed to challenge Bahraini midfielder Abdulla Ismaeel Omar who contrived to sky his effort from close range.
On the other end, the hosts struggled to threaten the visitors’ half in the first half, the closest being midfielder Shi Jiayi’s long range shot that was turned away by Bahrain goalkeeper Sayed Mohamed Jaffar Sabt.
Frustrated at his charges’ struggles to break down their opponents, Avramovic sent in four half-time substitutes to turn the tide in the second half.
The changes had the desire effect when the hosts took control of proceedings after the break.
Half-time substitutes Ridhuan Muhammad caused problems for the Bahrain defence as the focal point of constant Singapore pressure when he raided the right flank and drew defenders to him.
That allowed Aleksandar Duric to be the effective link between midfield and attack as he used his height and ball control to position himself and his teammates into threatening positions in the Bahrain box and drawing continuous fouls in their favour.
However the poor final ball and lack of finishing saw the hosts fail to turn their second half domination into goals.
Debutante Qiu Li, who also came on at half-time, almost had his dream first cap in the 75th minute when his direct free kick in the 75th minute was well saved by Sayed.
The Lions were made to pay for their profligate finishing eight minutes later when Bahrain’s second half replacement Okwunwanne, despite the close attention of his markers, crossed to an onrushing Al Anezi in the Singapore penalty area.
With the goal gaping open as Singapore substitute goalkeeper Lionel Lewis was caught in no man’s land, the match winner made no mistake with his close range effort to silence the 4,844-strong Kallang faithful and condemn the hosts to their fourth defeat in as many head-to-head encounters.
Singapore coach Avramovic felt his men deserved better than the eventual outcome in the post-match interview.
He lamented: “We lost the game we did not deserve to lose. I felt we had done enough to score at least one goal or keep the game scoreless and showed we could match our opponents tonight.”
The Serb further pointed out his disappointment in how his team conceded the goal and the cost of defeat at international level.
“I was unhappy that we unnecessarily kept losing possession. Long balls, short balls, we kept giving the ball away to them,” he continued.
“As for the goal, we simply cannot allow this to happen. There were two players closing in on one Bahraini on the left and he took two to three touches before the defence reacted.
“The solitary goal made the big difference between winning and losing tonight.”
He admitted more work had to be done on the training pitch before the Uzbekistan qualifier.
“Our set-pieces are not in sync and the question of timing of the runs and passes has to be improved so that we can get the ball at the right place at the right time.
“Uzbekistan are similar to Bahrain in many aspects and we had good exposure from this game. From this game, smart defending is a must if we are to get a result against the Uzbeks.”
Finally, addressing the concern of the poor turnout in the friendly, he appealed for Singaporeans to show in full force in what could be a historic June in Singapore football history.
“Reaching the third round of the World Cup qualifiers is something special as we have never reached this far before and the fans should be part of this historic occasion.
“The players are always giving their all as they did tonight and deserve all the support they can get and need on Monday.”
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Haha, seems that me and fgl are the only die hard fans here...c`mon u guys, show ur support for the Lions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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fgl: Hmm, now cannot go buy tickets cos of work n I took half day yday just to get tickets. Hahaha...
jaarvis: Meet before match is the best
The news just in: Indra Sahdan Daud will not feature in Mon's match due to injury
jaarvis: Meet before match is the best
The news just in: Indra Sahdan Daud will not feature in Mon's match due to injury
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fgl: Of coz, should be available. I got mine for the Bahrain match on the same day
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Hey, i am a Singapore fan too! Who can help me book tickets? We all sit together lar.
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