SINGAPORE - They were touted as darkhorses for this year's Singapore Premier League (SPL) title but, after the first week of the season, Hougang United find themselves in the same place they were at the end of last term - bottom of the table.
The Cheetahs crashed to a 5-1 defeat by Tampines Rovers at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday (March 3) after playing most of the second half with 10 men, following the 50th-minute sending-off of Justin Hui.
The 21-year-old midfielder picked up two yellow cards in the space of just three minutes and 40 seconds to receive the marching orders from referee G. Letchman.
Tampines had led 1-0 at that point, thanks to a first-half goal by Irwan Shah and, even though the Stags were pegged back by Faris Ramli's 56th-minute penalty, they went on to assert their dominance and rack up a handsome win.
Â
Hougang head coach Clement Teo, who felt there was no "ill intent" in the challenge that earned Hui his second yellow card, was sanguine after the game.
"Yes, the match was frustrating in terms of the result," said the coach.
"But, if you're talking about effort, I can't fault my players. When you are a man short against a quality team like Tampines, you have to face the consequences. I'm not worried about this result."
Revealing he was filling out the substitution card to replace Hui just before the player committed his second offence, Teo added wryly: "We were just a little too slow."
The first half proved to be a cagey affair, but it was Tampines who drew first blood after full-back Irwan Shah charged into the box on the stroke of half-time and fired home.
National winger Faris then earned and converted the penalty that levelled the score, but the goal proved a false dawn for the Cheetahs.
Tampines made full use of the extra man and scored three times in 12 minutes through Ryutaro Megumi (64th min), an own goal by Hougang skipper Zulfahmi Arifin (71st) and substitute Zehrudin Mehmedovic (76th). Jordan Webb added a fifth in injury time.
Stags' first-team coach Gavin Lee admitted that Hui's red card gave his team "greater control of the game", but, while he was happy with the win, he was not completely satisfied with his team's performance.
"We got the points we wanted, but we can't... overlook certain phases of performance which should have been better," said the rookie SPL coach.
While he praised his team's pace on the counter-attack, Lee insisted he would not get carried away by Sunday's result.
"Our challenge is to stay consistent in our thinking and action and, hopefully, we can sum it up at the end of the season and see (a positive outcome)," he said.
In the other match on Sunday, striker Andrei Voronkov scored the winner in the 22nd minute as Brunei DPMM beat Home United 1-0 at the Bishan Stadium.
MADRID: The wife of Spain's World Cup-winning captain Iker Casillas, Sara Carbonero, has announced that she has undergone surgery for cancer just three weeks after the goalkeeper suffered a heart attack. Casillas, who made 167 appearances for Spain and 725 for boyhood club Real Madrid before departing in 2015, fell ill during a training
After Casillas heart attack, wife says she has had cancer op
LONDON • British crash investigators are two days into an underwater operation to recover a body from the wreckage of the plane carrying Argentinian striker Emiliano Sala in the English Channel..
UK rescuers launch bid to recover body from Sala's plane
Football: Liverpool now on Man City's level insists Klopp, despite defeat Manchester City must execute game plan to perfection in must-win game against Liverpool.
Manchester City's Aguero Fernandinho both 9/10 in must-win
Maurizio Sarri is a top manager and his methods can and potentially will still work at Chelsea but, for Chelsea to succeed, Maurizio Sarri needs more time. Maurizio Sarri Needs More Time Deja Vu? Almost one year ago to the day, Chelsea lost 3-0 at home to Bournemouth under Antonio Conte. The following week they went away to Vicarage Road and
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink names the two players - metro.co.uk
Arsenal returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over bottom side Huddersfield Town on Saturday, but remain the only side without an away clean she Iwobi, Lacazette lead Arsenal to win at
Alex Iwobi, Alexandre Lacazette lead Arsenal to win at
Lions line up 2 friendlies, to get new coach Yoshida soon
Tampines Rovers needed a three-goal salvo in the dying minutes in their last AFC Cup Group F match on April 17 to secure a 4-2 victory over Cambodia's Nagaworld FC.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
AFC Cup 2019: Tampines survive almighty Yangon scare to stay
Klopp calm for the run-in LONDON • The Premier League title race is the most competitive it has been for years, but Jurgen Klopp is not having a "heart attack" whenever he hears nearest challengers Manchester City have won.
John Barnes urges calm from Liverpool fans in title run-in
Pele remains under "observation" in a Brazilian hospital, his doctors said Thursday, describing the three-time World Cup winner as "clinically stable". The latest update on the Brazilian football
Pele remains under 'observation' in Brazil hospital: doctors
'We need to play there thinking to win': Unai Emery insists Arsenal will attack Valencia in Europa League semi-final. Arsenal take a 3-1 lead into Europa League semi-final second leg at Valencia
Unai Emery Admits He Doesn't Know if Aaron Ramsey Will Play
Liverpool struck late through Divock Origi to move back top of the Premier League with a thrilling 3-2 win at Newcastle on Saturday and keep their hopes of a first title for 29 years alive but suffered a major scare after injury to Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool beat Newcastle with late Origi winner to top
SINGAPORE - Former Football Association of Singapore (FAS) general secretary Winston Lee withdrew his candidacy for one of nine seats on the executive committee members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), just before the Asian football body's congress in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (April 6).
Former FAS General Secretary, Winston Lee withdraws candidacy
United are level on points with fourth-placed Tottenham and two points behind Arsenal in third, but have now played a game more than both London clubs. Wolves beat United 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on 16 March, but Solskjaer will be wondering how they managed to throw away three points here.
Hungry Wolves beat 10-man Manchester United 2-1 | New Straits
Jurgen Klopp hails Liverpool's fighting spirit as he sets points target for title. Mohamed Salah ran from inside his own half to find the net for the first time in nine Klopp said: "The
Klopp sets Liverpool a huge points target and hails Anfield
A record audience of more than 3.5 billion people watched this year's World Cup in Russia, with the final between France and Croatia attracting 1.1 billion viewers, world football's governing body
FIFA research says record audience watched 'best World Cup
watch soccer online free streaming live hd
watch live soccer stream android
watch champions league live streaming video
watch champions league live streaming live free
super soccer tv live streaming piala dunia
watch coppa america live streaming game
watch hd soccer live streaming free
watch soccer online free streaming live india
watch soccer live - live football streaming
watch live streaming soccer online espn3
watch premier league live streaming youtube
watch coppa america live streaming sub eng
watch coppa america live streaming quality
watch premier league live streaming online
watch coppa america live streaming free
watch soccer live streaming jamaica
watch coppa america live streaming youtube
watch soccer online free streaming live cricfree
watch premier league live streaming jamaica
watch soccer aid live stream
watch coppa america live streaming ronaldo 7
watch soccer live streaming zimbabwe
watch coppa america live streaming hd free
watch epl live streaming on iphone
watch soccer live streaming qatar vs philippines
watch premier league net live manchester united stream channel
watch coppa america live streaming bein sport
watch live streaming soccer manchester united
watch champions league soccer live streaming
watch live soccer streaming free android
watch premier league games live stream
watch soccer live streaming hd
watch tamil nadu premier league live streaming
watch premier league live streaming yify
watch coppa america live streaming xbox one
watch champions league live streaming now tv
watch coppa america live streaming crictime
watch champions league live streaming xfinity
watch coppa america live streaming match
watch soccer live stream apk
watch premier league live stream reddit
watch live soccer online free streaming now
free watch champions league live streaming
watch coppa america live streaming xbox
watch coppa america live streaming reddit
watch coppa america live streaming ufc
watch champions league live streaming vk
watch champions league live streaming crictime
watch premier league matches live streaming
watch live english premier league online free streaming
watch soccer online free streaming live first row
watch premier league live streaming juventus vs manchester united
watch champions league draw live streaming
watch indian premier league live streaming
watch coppa america live streaming totalsportek
watch coppa america live streaming without cable
watch premier league live stream hd
watch champions league live streaming xbox
watch premier league live streaming free
watch soccer online free streaming live batman
soccer tv live football streaming reddit
watch coppa america live streaming putlockers
watch soccer live streaming xfinity
best site to watch live soccer streaming
watch soccer games online free streaming live
watch soccer online free streaming live liverpool
watch real madrid vs juventus live streaming of champions league
watch uefa champions league draw live streaming
watch champions league soccer live streaming
watch us soccer live stream
watch champions league simulcast live stream
watch premier league live streaming juventus
watch soccer live streaming kenya vs ethiopia
where to watch free live soccer streaming online
watch soccer live stream app
super soccer tv live streaming garuda select
watch champions league final live streaming online
watch coppa america live streaming juventus vs manchester united
watch bangladesh premier league live streaming
watch live streaming of premier league football
watch soccer online free streaming live manchester united
watch soccer game live now
watch soccer online free streaming live iphone
watch soccer online free streaming live in english
soccer tv live net stream
watch coppa america live streaming xfinity
watch champions league live streaming eng
#football #hotcoffee #Barca #afcnews #villarealcf #champion #cappucino #watchlive #GarageCafeDxb #coffeebreak #oasisandbeatles #seriea #premierleague #oasisofficial #neymar #433skills #satira #meunier #boxing #oudmehta #comico #footballmemes #lfc #mensnightout #nutmeg #MSport #Liverpool #liverpool #romania #livesports #Vip45 #goodday #conference #manchestercity #pagani #leomessi #ucl #Suarez #commento #oasis #golf #premierleague #myfootballuniverse #bayern #comics #girlsniteout #coutinho #coyg #rugby #thebeatles #liverpoolfans #noelgallagher #portsmouthfc #PartyTime #serieatim #battuteepiche #4Series #realmadrid #bayervshoffenheim #salah #fut #klopp #soccermemes #freekick #manchestercity #bundesliga #Barcelona #jadwalbolahariini #ronaldo #league1 #fcbarcelona #nationsleague #championship #visubal #gym #uefanationsleague #footballschedule #copaamerica #mancity #nikesoccer #soccerbible #petercrouch #panini #footballfans #kickoff #insegreto #knuckleball #acmilan #Fcb #soccer #zidane #manchestercity #zinedinezidane #trollfootball #bayernmunich
No comments:
Post a Comment