Malaysia, S'pore roar in Tiger Cup<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (AFP): Malaysia and Singapore both recorded strong
\nwins against the Philippines and Brunei respectively in their
\nGroup B games Wednesday at the 1996 Tiger Cup.<\/p>\n
Their victories make it almost inevitable that goal difference
\nwill be what splits the two sides in their tussle behind group
\nfavorite Thailand.<\/p>\n
Singapore drew 1-1 with Malaysia in the opening game Sunday
\nbut both sides put behind them criticism of their stultifying
\nplay as the hosts outgunned Brunei 3-0 and Malaysia thumped
\nPhilippines 7-0.<\/p>\n
Malaysia's win included a hat trick to new-boy K. Sanbagamaran
\nwho scored in the 36th, 61st and 89th minute.<\/p>\n
'Sanba Man', as the local media has dubbed the deadball
\nspecialist, was well supported with teammates Azman Adnan (43rd),
\nSamsurin Rahman (53rd and 81st) and M Chandran (78th)
\noverpowering the Philippines defense.<\/p>\n
Although the Philippines are not rated in the tournament, the
\nwin will give coach Wan Jamak Hassan a valuable psychological
\nboost in convincing his side, drawn mostly from its Olympic
\nsquad, that it does have what it takes to beat the more
\nestablished sides in Thailand and Singapore.<\/p>\n
Singapore's win promised to be the goalrout of the tournament
\nwhen the Lions were two goals up within four minutes from Hasnim
\nHaron in the opening minute and Steven Tan's penalty three
\nminutes later.<\/p>\n
Brunei marshaled its defense though and only a strong solo
\neffort from Singapore's team captain Fandi Ahmad in the 51st
\nminute was enough to score the third and closing goal.<\/p>\n
In Thursday's games from Group A the action has a
\ndistinctively Indochinese flavor with Myanmar's first match in
\nthe Tiger Cup against Cambodia while Vietnam faces the spirited
\nLaotians.<\/p>\n
Results:
\n Malaysia 7 Philippines 0
\n Singapore 3 Brunei 0<\/p>\n
Group B standings (tabulated under played, won, draw, lost,
\npoints):
\n Malaysia 2 1 1 0 4
\n Singapore 2 1 1 0 4
\n Thailand 1 1 0 0 3
\n Brunei 1 0 0 1 0
\n Philippines 2 0 0 2 0<\/p>",
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