Singapore dumped out of Asean 2008 by Vietnam

Hi everyone,

Yesterday i was at the National Stadium to watch the 2008 Asean Cup Semi-Final Leg 2 match between Singapore Lions vs Vietnam.

I bought my tickets one day earlier at the Jalan Besar Stadium and was excited for the sunday match-up. Simple missed those atmospheres at the National Stadium to watch our Lions Roar.

The atmosphere was also good as we make our way in the evening towards the national stadium. There are FREE shuttle bus from Kallang Stadium, but we chose to join the Walking Contingent and march towards the stadium in style..Mood was good..Saw groups of Vietnam fans walking towards the stadium also..luckily no riot no trouble for all.



















(Free Shuttle Bus Service @ Kallang MRT station



















(The Walking Contingent)



















(Finally we have reached the entrance of National Stadium)

Mood was good in stadium and it was close to capacity crowd..think we have about 45,000 fans supporting the Lions..Vietnam only has a small section (less than 1000) of traveling supporters.



















(Near Capacity Crowd)



















(Fans waiting anxiously for the game to start)

National Anthem of Singapore:


Match kicks off with Singapore Lions taking control of possession and launches wave after wave of attacks at the Vietnam Goal...

1st attack by the Lions, and we almost score...


And of course, the Lions were supported with lots of chanting of "butok" towards the Vietnam Team (and fans) as well as our famous "Kallang Waves"..They are AWESOME..The stadium was shaking...



But But,,,the lions just cant seems to penetrate the goal line of Vietnam, so many goals were either saved by the Vietnam goalkeeper or the Lions attackers were just not potent enough in front of goalpost.

And there was just 1 lapse in the second half of the match, that we allow the up and coming Vietnam Top Striker (and maybe this region's best) Vinh to dribble and dazzle past the sleeping defence line of Lions, and pass to him team mate to tap in the Vital GOAL! Lions is out of Asean Cup 2008.



















(Vietnam supporters celebrating the only goal of the game)
























(Image as shown on TODAY papers on 22nd Dec 2008)

Until next time..Lions we will keep you roaring with Kallang Waves!