In front of a crowd of 5,113, Indonesia almost got the perfect start with less than two minutes played. Towering teenager Mitchell Baker raced through on goal after some tentative defending, but Shah Shahiran pulled off a heroic block to stop a certain goal.
Singapore were not just content to sit back and defend, with Song Ui-young firing a shot from outside the box minutes later that was blocked.
It was Song again who had the Lions’ next chance, but his effort off a Lionel Tan cross was pushed away by Indonesia goalkeeper Cahya Supriadi.
The away side continued to threaten and it was Baker again who posed the biggest threat. He could have got on the scoresheet with a header if not for a top save from Izwan Mahbud.
With the game opening up, the Lions went down the other end and an acrobatic Ilhan flick was clawed away by Supriadi.
Indonesia had to press for a goal and almost got one in the 36th minute, but a Jacob Mahler block kept things level.
Read the full article here
