Excited Sia!

As I grow older (yes, yes, a ripe old age of 31 winters) , I hardly get excited about anything, much less about a sport I'm not exactly enamoured with.

But excited I was.

After an early Singaporean goal was disallowed for offside, the Singaporean side was in disarray for the next 60 - 70 minutes, managing some poor passing and poor defending. The Thais pounded on the Singaporean goal and it was only through sheer luck and good goalkeeping by Lionel Lewis that the Thais only managed one goal. I almost believed what someone said about the powers-to-be instructing the Lions to kelong so that political harmony is maintained with our kawan kawans from the land of a thousand smiles.

The jig seems to be up when it appears a matter of time before the Thais sink another one into the Singaporean net. But I doggedly watched on, hoping that the Lions hold on for a penalty shootout. Well, they did better than that. Late in the game, Khairul Amri equalised. All hell broke loose. Shouts and cheers must have rose in all housing estates in Singapore as it did in Woodlands. The lad was reduced to tears as he realised he had almost single-handedly or rather, single-footedly, brought back the 2007 AFC Cup. Excited Sia!