Singapore 3 - Uzbekistan 7
June 2nd, 2008 by admin | Filed under Kick Ball.Group 4 - Asian qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. Singapore national soccer team punished by Uzbekistan for letting in soft goals as Singapore lost 7-3 at the Singapore National Stadium.
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Timur Kapadze (10′), Victor Karpenko (21′), Server Djeparov (34′, 44′), Vitaliy Denisov (42′), Aziz Ibragimov (62′) and Maksim Shatskikh (88′) scored for Uzbekistan. Singapore goals came from Aleksandar Duric (16′), Mustafic Fahrudin (31′) and John Wilkinson (73′).
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Uzbekistan is leading right now with nine points from three games. Saudi Arabia will be second if they beat Lebanon at home today. For Singapore to qualify for the final round, they really need to get three points from Uzbekistan at their hometown this Saturday (June 7th, 2008), then a win against Saudi Arabia at home one week later on June 14th and the last match to the Lebanon away on June 22nd.
This is the first time Singapore face Uzbekistan. Singapore had met Saudi Arabia in six occasions losing five games, draw once, scored two goals and conceded fifteen goals. Beat Lebanon once, lost once, scored four and let in three goals.
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