International Friendlies
Singapore were involved in two five-goal thrillers - winning one and losing the other, Thailand played to two draws while Malaysia defeated Laos before battling to a stalemate with India.
Forward Matt Orr scored once in each half with Everton Camargo also on the scoresheet to cancel out Bjorn Kristensen’s equaliser to give the fans at Hong Kong Stadium plenty to cheer about.
Hong Kong, China followed that up with a 1-0 win against Mauritius on Tuesday with Everton’s 11th minute strike proving to be the difference.
Singapore fell 3-2 to Chinese Taipei on Monday, having defeated Myanmar by the same score on Thursday.
Against Myanmar, Farhan Zulkifli put the Lions ahead in the fifth minute before Myanmar seized the lead thanks to efforts from Ye Yint Aung (47th) and Thiha Zaw (51st).
Singapore, however, produced a comeback of their own with goals from Shawal Anuar (83rd) and Naqiuddin Eunos (87th) to seal the win.
In their second friendly, Singapore trailed Chinese Taipei - who had scored through Tiao Tian-Long (20th) and Miguel Sandberg (72nd) - but pulled one back through Irfan Najeeb (86th) but Ange Kouame (90th) restored the two-goal lead for the East Asians before Shawal Anuar grabbed a stoppage time consolation for the hosts.
Malaysia had a positive outing, a 3-1 win against Laos on Thursday was followed by holding India to a 1-1 draw on Monday.
Paulo Josue put Malaysia ahead in the 19th minute but a thumping header from Rahul Bheke in the 38th minute ensured a share of the spoils.
It was two consecutive stalemates for Thailand as they drew 0-0 with Lebanon before sharing a 1-1 result with Laos with Seksan Ratree’s opener on the hour mark cancelled out by Bounpachan Bounkong nine minutes later.
Lebanon fared better in their second outing, defeating Myanmar 3-2 on Tuesday.
Tajikistan showed promise with a 4-0 success against Nepal last Wednesday thanks to braces from Alisher Dzhalilov and Shervoni Mabatshoev.
The Central Asian side capped a positive international window when they beat Afghanistan 3-1 on Tuesday with goals from Amirbek Juraboev, Shahrom Samiev and Rustam Soirov.
Nepal bounced back to defeat Afghanistan 2-0 on Saturday with goals from Gillespye Jung Karki and Rohit Chand.
Elsewhere Bangladesh and Maldives played each other twice with Maldives winning 1-0 on Wednesday and Bangladesh securing a 2-1 victory on Saturday.
Brunei Darussalam and Syria lost 11-0 and 4-0 respectively to Russia while Jack Hingert’s 90th minute winner gave Sri Lanka a 1-0 win over Yemen.
Photo; HKFA
