PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia Under-23 group and Singapore shared the spoils within the ‘Causeway Derby’ on the Vietnam SEA Games on the Thien Truong Stadium in Nam Dinh on Saturday (May 14).
The sides drew 2-2 of their Group B encounter and Harimau Muda now simply wants a point towards Cambodia on Tuesday (May 17) to advance to the semi-finals whereas Singapore can have to depend on different outcomes to see in the event that they get to the following stage.
Malaysia first took the lead as early because the fourth minute when striker Luqman Hakim Shamsuddin capitalised on a defensive error by Singapore.
But three minutes later, Singapore equalised when Syah Shahiran scored an outdoor foot magnificence from 25m out.
Both sides exchanged assaults within the second half and it was an emotionally charged affair as gamers from each side performed with aggression and even had minor on-field altercations.
Singapore then received the lead when Harhys Stewart scored within the 78th minute, however three minutes later, Nur Azfar Fikri performed a super-sub function by scoring the equaliser.