A controversial penalty from Nguyen Tien Linh within the one hundred and first minute and a purpose from naturalized Brazilian Rafaelson, now generally known as Nguyen Xuan Son, three minutes later gave Vietnam the victory.
The late penalty determination got here after defender Shakir Hamzah was adjudged to have dealt with within the penalty space, nevertheless it appeared Shakir had been pushed by Nguyen Xuan Son.
“The referee’s choices weren’t below our management. Now that the match is over, we’re wanting ahead to the ‘second half’ of the match,” midfielder Hami Syahin stated.
“It’s laborious to lose with a efficiency the place we expect we did effectively… It’s positively disappointing, however we all know we now have a job to do in Vietnam and the fellows consider we will do it.”
Speaking to CNA within the aftermath of the defeat, former Lions goalkeeper Hassan Sunny stated Singapore had carried out effectively for a lot of the match.
“We had been a bit demoralized after the primary purpose and the punch got here proper in direction of the top of the match,” stated Hassan, who introduced his retirement from worldwide soccer earlier this 12 months.
BE MENTALLY STRONG
With the group following their opponents and the results of the primary leg towards them, the Lions must be mentally sturdy, defined skipper Hariss Harun.
And the crew’s performances all through the match confirmed they will combine it with the very best, Hami stated.
“We know we will play, we all know we will harm groups. It’s a query of profiting from our probabilities in the sort of competitors,” he defined.
Echoing comparable sentiments, skilled goalkeeper Hassan confused that the semi-final is much from over.
“It’s not over but. We nonetheless have 90 minutes to play. I’m certain the boys will recuperate,” he stated.
“The perception they’d isn’t for 90 minutes. The perception they’d is for 180 minutes… Football is a recreation of surprises and we hope to see some surprises within the subsequent one.”
