AFC Champions League Two
New signing Trent Buhagiar scored twice and assisted one from Takeshi Yoshimoto at the New Clark City Athletics Stadium to give the Singapore side a winning start to their campaign.
Kaya FC’s Kenshiro Daniels made the first move four minutes into the game with a strike from distance, which forced keeper and captain Syazwan Buhari into a fingertip save for a corner.
HIs Kaya counterpart Alfredo Cortez, meanwhile, was tested by Koya Kazama’s first-time strike off a pass from Glenn Kweh in the 10th minute while teammate Dylan Fox proved too slow at the right post 10 minutes later to properly finish off with a Kazama cross.
Tampines were unable to translate their ball domination into any openings, with Kazama blasting the ball over the bar in the 39th minute in a first half that had both sides failing to create any real excitement upfront.
The second half burst into life in the very first minute when an unmarked Buhagiar slammed home the ball after pouncing on a rebound from a Cortez save from Seiga Sumi.
Yoshimoto doubled their lead in the 52nd minute when he latched onto a cross from Buhagiar on the right and side-footed the ball from the centre of the box past a flailing Cortez.
Buhagiar secured his second in the 72nd minute after he picked up a pin-point pass from Kazama, ran down the left and curled the ball past a diving Cortez.
Kaya’s attempts to get back into the match proved futile, with Daniels, Jesus Melliza, Fitch Arboleda and Mike Ott all going wide with their attempts.
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