Singapore eye Young Lions trip

SINGAPORE, 29 June 2010 The Singapore Asian Games team will be leaving on Wednesday 30 June for Yangon to play two friendly games against the Myanmar Senior Team on 2 and 4 July.

From 22 players named in the squad, 18 are from the Young Lions team who are currently fifth in the Great Eastern - YEO’S S.League and have been unbeaten for the past eight matches.

Defenders Hidhir Hasbiallah from Gombak United and Sengkang Punggol’s Shahir Hamzah have been included to bolster the team’s defence, with Woodlands Wellington’s forward, Rizawan Abdullah, making up the remaining players from the other S.League clubs.

Of the 22 named, three players namely, Zulfahmi Arifin, Hidhir and Rizawan have been called up to the Under -23 team for the first time.

The tour will provide the Asian Games team with valuable international experience, having played their last game against SEA Games Gold medallist, Malaysia in a 1-0 win back in April.

National Coach Radojko Avramovic believes that the experience will give the players excellent exposure.

“At this age, players need to play more international games to help them grow. We believe that Myanmar will provide our young players with a good test. This is a good learning experience and they will have adjust and adapt to international opponents.

“Looking forward, we need to expose these players for more such games, in order to prepare them for future international tournaments like the Olympic Games qualifiers and SEA Games.”

The Asian Games team leaves for Yangon on 30 June and are due back on 5 July.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCHES

MYANMAR NATIONAL TEAM v SINGAPORE ASIAN GAMES TEAM

Match Details

Myanmar National Team v Singapore Asian Games Team

Date: 2 July 2010 (Friday)

Time: 1530 hrs (local time)

Venue: Youth Training Center

(No details for 2nd friendly given in original mail shot)

SINGAPORE ASIAN GAMES TEAM

S/N	Name	Club	Position	DOB
1	Hidhir Hasbiallah	Gombak United FC	DF	25-Mar-1989
2	Shahfiq Ghani	National Football Academy - U18	MF	17-Mar-1992
3	Shahir Hamzah	Sengkang Punggol FC	DF	7-Apr-1989
4	Rizawan Abdullah	Woodlands Wellington FC	FW	4-Aug-1987
5	Jasper Chan	Young Lions	GK	7-Nov-1988
6	Eddie Chang	Young Lions	DF	10-May-1990
7	Eugene Luo	Young Lions	FW	20-Jan-1991
8	Madhu M Mohana	Young Lions	DF	6-Mar-1991
9	Izwan Mahbud	Young Lions	GK	14-Jul-1990
10	Afiq Yunos	Young Lions	DF	10-Dec-1990
11	Faritz Abdul Hameed	Young Lions	MF	16-Jan-1990
12	Fadhil Noh	Young Lions	FW	4-Mar-1989
13	Fairoz Hasan	Young Lions	Young Lions	FW	26-Nov-1988
14	Fazli Ayob	Young Lions	FW	24-Jan-1990
15	Hafiz Abu Sujad	Young Lions	MF	1-Nov-1990
16	Izzdin Shafiq	Young Lions	MF	14-Dec-1990
17	Khairul Nizam	Young Lions	FW	25-Jun-1991
18	Khalili D'cruz	Young Lions	FW	14-Aug-1991
19	Nazrul Ahmad Nazari	Young Lions	MF	11-Feb-1991
20	Safuwan Baharudin	Young Lions	DF	22-Sep-1991
21	Zulfahmi Arifin	Young Lions	MF	5-Oct-1991
22	Gabriel Quak Jun Yi	Young Lions	MF	22-Dec-1990