Football: Singapore defeat Laos 4-0 in friendly match

SINGAPORE: The Singapore National team is gearing up to win a fourth Asean Football Federation (AFF) Cup title which kicks off next month.

And to tune up for the big event, the Lions took on Laos in a friendly at the Jurong West stadium coming out with a 4-0 win.

Singapore does not have much time to prepare for the AFF Suzuki Cup, so this match is critical for the coach to pick his final squad for the tournament.

The hosts did not disappoint, Noh Alam Shah finding the back of the net in the last minute of the first half.

And they went on to score three more goals in the second half to clinch a 4-0 victory.

-CNA/ac

Untuk Merapi

Pagi itu kereta api progo terlambat tiba di Stasiun Lempuyangan. Kedatangan Saya ke Jogja kali ini bukan untuk berplesir atau menonton persija berlaga, melainkan untuk menyalurkan bantuan yang berasal dari komunitas suporter di Jakarta untuk korban erupsi gunung merapi. Di stasiun saya dijemput oleh rekan saya dan langsung menuju daerah Condong Catur, Sleman. Penginapan yang saya tinggali hanya berjarak satu kilometer dari stadion maguwoharjo atau berjarak 25 kilometer dari Puncak Merapi. Sore hari dari Condong Catur terlihat kegagahan Merapi dengan kepulan asap yang membumbung tinggi.


Malam hari di Sleman sangat berbeda dengan di Jogjakarta, kondisi di Sleman lebih sepi ketika malam menjelang. Hal tersebut saya rasakan ketika harus membeli beberapa kebutuhan pokok guna melengkapi beberapa keperluan esok hari. Hujan debu meski tipis tetap menyesakkan dada serta membuat mata perih ketika saya mengendari sepeda motor mengeliling Sleman. Praktis tak ada kegiatan yang saya lakukan, selain berkoordinasi dengan posko jalin merapi untuk menentukan posko pengungsian yang akan didistribusikan kebutuhan bagi para pengungsi.


Minggu pagi hujan debu lebih terasa dan jelas terlihat daripada malam hari, keadaan tersebut membuat saya sedikit panik dan bergegas menggunakan masker. Mobil pick up bersiap mengantar saya dan beberapa teman menuju muntilan di Magelang. Ketika memasuki daerah Muntilan saya benar-benar terhenyak ketika menyaksikan pepohonan di sepanjang mata saya memandang mati mengering. Jalan raya tak ubahnya jalan kampung penuh debu dan jarak pandang tak lebih dari 10 meter. Disini saya melihat Merapi yang berbeda daripada beberapa bulan sebelumnya saya lihat, merapi sedang murka pikir saya.


Kondisi di posko jalin merapi tak jauh beda, debu-debu menutup semua peralatan para relawan yang terus bekerja tanpa pamrih. Saya benar-benar ingin teriak melihat kegigihan para relawan, tanpa harus menggunakan lambang di dada atau bendera di sepanjang jalan seperti yang dilakukan parpol. Tak ada maksud untuk menyombongkan diri atau pamrih dengan memberi bantuan secara langsung, saya ingin Merapi kembali indah, saya ingin lereng-lereng kembali dipenuhi masyarakatnya yang bercocok tanam dengan hidup arif, saya ingin mereka benar-benar kembali hidup berdampingan dengan merapi, merapi yang indah seperti beberapa bulan yang lalu saya kunjungi.

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Lao boys train hard to win the suzuki cup 2010

Mr soulivan senvilay told the vientianemai that, after Laos won the qualifying rounds, Lao squad are training very hard to play the final round of suzuki cup 2010 in Indonesia. Laos will play the warm up match in overseas before heading to Indonesia according the Seceraty of Lao football federation Mr soulivan added.

Laos get a deserved rest

VIENTIANE: With their place secured in the group stage of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010, Laos coach David Booth has given his players some time off before they begin their preparations for December's group stage. 

The Laotians booked their spot in Group A alongside Thailand, Malaysia and hosts Indonesia after thrashing Timor Leste 6-1 on Tuesday to finish first in the qualifying competition at the National Sports Complex in Vientiane. 

It was the successful culmination of three months of hard work by the team, for which Booth felt that his players were fully deserving of some downtime. 

"We've give them a few days holiday," said the veteran English coach. "They've been working hard for the last three months so they deserve to take a break. 

"We will talk about the group stage more when we get back together for training." 

Laos have now topped the qualifiers in three consecutive editions of the Suzuki Cup. But Booth feels that it will matter little if they do not show a marked improvement in the group stage of the tournament. 

The Laotians have never beaten any of their Group A opponents in the Asean championship. And they have lost all of their games in the last two tournaments in 2007 and 2008, conceding an alarming 36 goals in only six games. 

While Booth is not expecting a miracle turnaround of fortunes for his side in Jakarta, he is hoping for them to show some improvement against the region's bigger teams. 

"We need to play against better teams and see what standard we're coming up to," said the 62-year-old, who took charge of the Laotians earlier this year. 

"We have the talent and we're trying to get them to work harder. Hopefully we can put some good games together there. 

"We want to be competitive in time to come so it's important now not to go backwards." 

Such is the positive attitude in the Laos camp that Booth is confident that he will continue to see improvement by his charges in the group stage. 

"I've been in charge for nearly for nearly three months and what has impressed me the most in that time is not individual players but the team spirit and hard-working attitude. They work the way that we want them to work and they work very hard at trying to do things correctly. 

"Timor Leste may not be the best of teams but to score six goals against any team is very good. We were also very unlucky not to beat Philippines and Cambodia during the qualifiers. 



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