Tiger Fc Internationals: Singapore V Denmark

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FIFA INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH A

Score: - FULL TIME

Singapore - 1

Indra Sahdan Daud 89'

Denmark - 2

Jesper Bech 58', 67'

Highlights

First Half

1' - Referee Srinivasan Suresh from India signalled the start of the game.

3' - Fahrudin Mustafic made his first contribution in a Singapore shirt, conceding a foul in central midfield.

4' - Singapore's first meaningful attack on goal. Khairul Amri floated the ball into the path of an onrushing Noh Alam Shah, but Danish goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen read it all the way. The danger is cleared outside the box.

10' - A slow start so far for both sides. Some speculative long balls by Singapore, but Denmark has cleared them comfortably. The Danish are also building patiently at the other end.

17' - Micheal Silberbauer's powerful effort for Denmark was sent wide after the winger received a cross from the right flank.

20' - Glorious chance for Singapore! Noh Alam Shah, found alone in the box with only Christiansen to beat, somehow sent his shot over the crossbar.

26' - A direct attempt by Denmark led to a mix-up in the Singapore backline. But central striker Soren Berg failed to capitalise on it, firing his 25-yard shot over the bar.

28' - Lionel Lewis brilliantly covered his angles to deny Steffen Hojer a goal from close range. The ball instead went behind for a corner, which Singapore cleared well.

30' - Daniel Bennett was the first to react after a Singapore corner broke down, and surprised the Kallang faithful with a 40-yard drive that went wide.

33' - Jesper Christiansen, with not much to do up to the point, stayed alert as he smothered Khairul Amri's effort from 30 yards.

40' - Singapore are trying to bypass the Denmark defence with long balls forward, but the strategy has not reaped any results so far. Both sides fairly evenly-matched.

42' - Another glorious chance for Singapore! Indra Sahdan outmuscled his marker on the right, and worked his way into the box before sending a surprise pass to Noh Alam Shah. But the Stags hitman could only muster a weak effort from three yards out, and Christiansen saved the ball just on the line.

45' - Denmark with the last chance of the half, and almost scored from it as Anders Due sent his looping shot just over the crossbar. But the game remains goalless as one minute of time is added.

45' - Referee Srinivasan Suresh signalled the end of the first half.

Second Half

46' - Referee Srinivasan Suresh signalled the start of the second half.

55' - It's clearly not Noh Alam Shah's day as he failed to place the finishing touch on yet another great through ball.

58' - GOAL FOR DENMARK! Singapore's defenders failed to clear a cross from the left, and substitute Jesper Bech, who missed the initial opportunity, came in on the second try and tucked it beneath an onrushing Lionel Lewis. A cool finish.

60' - Noh Alam Shah was given a chance to equalize, but he fluffed it under pressure. Not his night.

67' - GOAL FOR DENMARK! Bech gets his second after the Danes reorganized quickly after their corner was cleared. A quick cross from the right, and Bech, bursting ahead of his marker knocks it home before Lewis could react! 2-0 for Denmark.

70' - Shahril Ishak replaced by Fazrul Nawaz, as Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic shuffles his pack. Denmark also prepare another two substitutions.

76' - Daniel Bennett's free kick went striaight to the arms of Danish goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen.

89' - GOAL FOR SINGAPORE! Nice through ball from Noh Alam Shah from the edge of the box, found its way to Indra Sahdan who made no mistake with his first touch.

92' - Referee Srinivasan Suresh signalled the end of the match. Indra has done creditably with his late goal, continuing his streak against big sides. But the rest of Singapore, while beaten, can also hold their heads high as they chased and frustrated Denmark throughout the match. They were unfortunate to concede the two goals they did, though, but Denmark did just enough to secure victory.

Lineup

Singapore

Lionel Lewis(GK); Isa Halim (S Subramani 90'), Baihakki Khaizan (Precious Emuejeraya 79'), Aide Iskandar (capt), Daniel Bennett; Shahril Ishak (Fazrul Nawaz 70'), Fahrudin Mustafic (Aidil Sharin 79'), Goh Tat Chuan (Tengku Mushadad 64'), Khairul Amri (Hafizat Jauharmi 79' ); Noh Alam Shah, Indra Sahdan Daud.

Denmark

Jesper Christiansen (GK); Lars Jacobsen, Bo Svensson, Michael Gravgaard(capt), Chris Sorensen (Ulrich Vinzents 71'); Martin Retov (Thomas Augustinussen 46'), Nicolai Stokholm, Steffen Hojer (Jesper Bech 46'), Michael Silberbauer (Kristian Bak Nielsen 81'), Soren Berg (Dennis Sorensen 71'), Anders Due.

Cautions

Singapore

None

Denmark

None

Expulsions

Singapore

None

Denmark

None

Match Officials

Referee: - Srinivasan Suresh (India)

Asst Referee 1: - Ali Samad (Singapore)

Asst Referee 2: - Jeffrey Goh (Singapore)

Reserve Referee: - K Kalimuthu (Singapore)

Crowd: 10,392

Venue: National Stadium, Singapore

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Denmark Very lucky to win this match