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Football: First international win for Ogura as Singapore come from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2
Lions will face Chinese Taipei in their next international friendly on Nov 18. Tsutomu Ogura secured his first international win as Lions coach on Thursday (Nov 14) as Singapore came from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2 in an international friendly at the National Stadium.

Farhan Zulkifli put an experimental Singapore side in front before two quick 2nd-half goals from Ye Yint Aung and Thiha Zaw swung momentum in favour of Myanmar. But the hosts edged out the visitors with late strikes from substitutes Shawal Anuar and Naqiuddin Eunos. In front of a paltry crowd of 6,061, it was the Lions who dominated procession from the back early on and a Nazrul Nazari cross was bundled in by Farhan to put Singapore ahead.

Myanmar struggled to carve out clear-cut chances of their own, but registered their first shot on target several minutes later which was pushed away by Syazwan Buhari. With Farhan and Glenn Kweh causing problems down the flanks, Singapore came close to doubling their lead minutes before half-time.A cross from debutant Kyoga Nakamura found Farhan but he contrived to fire just wide. Skip to main content

Football: First international win for Ogura as Singapore come from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2
The Lions will face Chinese Taipei in their next international friendly on Nov 18.

Ranked 165th, three places below Singapore in the FIFA world rankings, Myanmar are led by former international Myo Hlaing Win. Spurred into action, Lions kept plugging away, subsitute Shawal hammered home equaliser with about 20 minutes left on clock continued to put pressure on their opponents & Naqiuddin would pop up with winner to send home fans into delirium.