Triffic football for the next twenty minutes...

[Bill_Oddie]

Find yourself a trickling waterway and get involved in the Malaysia Vs Singapore clash.

It's the second leg of a World Cup qualifier and is the embodiment of a needle match. The first leg (last week) ended 5-3 to Singapore and both teams had a man sent off.

There are 70 minutes on the clock and Malaysia are 1-0 up. They obviously just need one more goal to go through against their arch-rivals (bit like England Vs Scotland). It's being played in a cracking atmosphere in front of 85,000 people.

As an extra bit of fun, Malaysia are reigning Southeast Asian champions having overcome the likes of Bryan Robson's Thailand (now coached by Peter Reid) so are technically 'favourites', however, that victory was achieved with the help of the Malaysian fans shining lasers in the eyes of the Indonesian goalkeeper during their 3-0 first leg final win. Yes, really.

If you're stuck on here waiting for ITK or just plain bored, this is a game well worth watching.

EDIT: Ah, shit. Singapore scored. 1-1

 

[cwy21]

Palestine up 1-0 against Thailand to make it 1-1 on agg. Would be pretty massive for Palestine to make it into the group stages.

 

[Bill_Oddie]

It ended 1-1. Shame as Malaysia were the better side and the country has been gripped by the game. In the past 9 months for the first time in my memory, people are actually wearing Malaysia shirts here.

A year ago, United came over for pre-season and every single fucker in the stadium wore a red shirt. This year, it was more in support of their country. A win tonight would have helped them grow yet further.

Still, will be entertaining seeing how the media portray this as they have been saying how crap Singapore are and how brilliant Malaysia are all week.