Champions.

Just like 2 years ago, Singapore are the ASEAN champions. But in my opinion, this victory is definitely much more interesting than the last one because of the following reasons:

1. While it is amazing that Singapore went through the whole tournament undefeated, it is equally amazing that the team only won 2 matches outright out of the 7 it played. The Lions were certainly hard to beat, but they also don’t win easily – they drew the other 5.

2. The Lions beat Thailand. You can rub your eyes a million times and you’ll still read that right – The Lions beat Thailand. I can’t even remember when the last time was when that happened.

3. 11-0 against Laos. The last time I saw Singapore score so many was 1993, when they hammered 8 past the mighty Brunei in the Malaysian League. Noh Alam Shah, who whammed in 7 against the Laotians, probably was in the stand at the National Stadium watching Sundram score that bicycle kick.

4. The home-and-away knockout stage of the tournament is actually good for Singapore. Ever since they changed the format to that, Singapore have been champions. May that continue for long.

Whatever it is, Singapore are the champions of ASEAN again and it should be something to be happy about. The Thais can say all they want, but the most important fact is that the cup is going to stay in Singapore for another 2 years.

Source: ChannelNewsAsia

Eat your hearts out, Kiatisuk Senamuang. Hahaha.