League

Jalan Besar Stadium
Spectators: 6861 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 0) If Shukrie Politiek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rifki Seng's late challenge caught a İnter's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rifki Seng helped the player get up and apologised. Rifki Seng kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In the 6th minute, Shukrie Politiek got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 17th minute, Clive Nair hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Chuan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clive Nair, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Daniz Tan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fariz Chan having to interfere. Fariz Chan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Muhammad Tuan in the 22nd minute of the match. After 23 minutes, Rudy Shiong mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the İnter and the LionsXII players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 23rd match minute, İnter was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rudy Shiong to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, İnter's Fariz Chan got control of the ball when Daniz Tan tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniz Tan got free with Fariz Chan in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Shukrie Politiek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Muhammad Tuan was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 33rd minute. LionsXII's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Darren Hui hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Clive Nair struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Jonathan Chuan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for İnter. 47 minutes into the game, Clive Nair cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Jonathan Chuan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Muhammad Tuan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Daniz Tan scored 1-1 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fariz Chan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mark Seng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Jonathan Chuan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Shukrie Politiek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Chuan was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Seng in the 66th minute of play forced LionsXII's goalkeeper Jonathan Chuan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Shukrie Politiek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a defensive mix-up in İnter's zone, Muhammad Tuan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fariz Chan came out of the goal and Muhammad Tuan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind LionsXII's goalkeeper Jonathan Chuan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in LionsXII's zone, Shukrie Politiek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Chuan came out of the goal and Shukrie Politiek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 92 minutes into the match, LionsXII's goal looked a bit too open when Shukrie Politiek came free, but Jonathan Chuan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Shukrie Politiek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 97 minutes, Shukrie Politiek took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Jonathan Chuan to make any attempt to save it.