Singapore equalized by a fine goal but its defence let the team down with a soft goal conceded again making it 2-1
A fine cross and a mazy run earn Singapore a penalty. Woah Singapore attacking play seems powerful! The penalty was converted and 2-2 after 30 mins.
Following then however was a series of self destructions that seems to make everyone wonder on the scene at the national stadium or those viewing the match on TV,
What EXACTLY HAPPENED TO THE SINGAPORE DEFENCE?
It stunned me to see that the Uzbek were adapting to the humity better than the entire Singapore defence. Uzbek wingers were literally outpacing the left back and the right back. It make the Singapore wing-back look painfully slow while they tried to catch up with the opposition. The central defenders fared the worst. Time and time again, they let the team down with amateurish and lousy defending. So much for the hard work of the front men. Everytime they managed to equalize, the defence will concede a goal in less than 5 mins.
I think when the score is 4-2 the entire defence literally decided to stop playing football and watch the game. It may be easy to criticize in front of TV. Everyone know that.
BUT it is definitely NOT RIGHT when you are representing Singapore and wearing the Singapore jersey, with at least 10,000 people at the national stadium cheering you on...
AND YOU DECIDE TO STOP FIGHTING AND KEEP MAKING MISTAKES AFTER MISTAKES, CONCEDING SOFT GOALS, MAKING HALF HEARTED ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE ATTACK AND LEFT YOUR GOALKEEPER EXPOSED WITH EVERY OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE UNTIL HE LOST FAITH IN HIS DEFENCE AND CONCEDE THE CORNER WHICH RESULT IN A GOAL.
EVEN WITH 5 PLAYERS DEFENDING THE FORT WITH ONLY 3 Uzbeks players attacking, when the Uzbek player was left empty and prepare to shoot the ball towards goal, the 5 SINGAPORE PLAYERS LITERALLY STOOD AND WATCH WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPTS TO DEFLECT OR BLOCK THE BALL WITH THEIR BODIES, SIMPLY LEAVING THEIR GOALKEEPER TO DO ALL THE WORK TO PREVENT THE GOAL.
Unfortunately, the ball went into the net.
What would have happen to Chelsea should John Terry adopted the same attitude and let his goalkeeper Peter Cech do all the work to block the goal bound shot from Ryan Giggs late in the normal time of the Champion League Final? John Terry didn't give up. Against all odds, he flung his head to block the ball from crossing the goal line. Almost a certain goal, but he, as a Chelsea player, as a captain of Chelsea FC, he repaid everyone faith in his captaincy and block it.
It's NOT ABOUT THE SCORE, BUT THE TEAM DISPLAY ON THE PITCH WAS A BLOODY DISGRACE.
THEY SIMPLY GAVE UP.
posted by Immortali @ 11:12 pm
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