PHU THO: Singapore’s slim hopes of reaching the ASEAN Championship last have been dashed on Sunday (Dec 29) after a 1-3 defeat to Vietnam.on the Viet Tri stadium in Phu Tho.
That means the Lions have been eradicated 1-5 on mixture following their 0-2 defeat in Singapore final Thursday.
Tsutomu Ogura’s aspect had matched regional heavyweights Vietnam for a lot of the primary leg, and continued in the identical vein, displaying no indicators of intimidation in Vietnam.
The Lions had the ball at the back of the web from the beginning: an extended ball from Lionel Tan precipitated issues within the space and Faris Ramli ultimately managed to go the ball residence.
But the celebrations have been short-lived after a prolonged evaluation by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) deemed him offside following Shawal Anuar’s preliminary header.
“The referee is the one who decides. We cannot speak about ‘when (or) if’. This is soccer,” Ogura mentioned, when requested if that call had modified the course of issues.
In a controversial flip of occasions, VAR dominated that naturalized Brazilian Nguyen Xuan Son was shot by Tan within the penalty space simply earlier than half-time.
Tan was initially despatched off, however this was modified to yellow after a prolonged VAR examine. Nguyen Xuan Son saved his cool and gave his workforce a 1-0 lead within the forty sixth minute.
