STALEMATE IN JURONG

It was the visitors who drew first blood when they scored twice within a space of four minutes through Norshahrul Idlan (21st minute) and Azrul Ahmad (25th minute).

But several changes later for the Malaysian side allowed Singapore to draw level when they scored a goal in each half through Fazrul Nawaz (38th minute) and Khairul Amri (65th minute).

“I am satisfied with the performance especially when it is considered that we left quite a few of the older players back home due to domestic commitment,” said Malaysian head coach B. Sathiananthan (pic) afterwards.

“There were two 18-year-olds who played and they fitted in well.”

While the Malaysia Olympic squad look to play in their final Group B match of the Beijing Olympic 2008 qualifiers against Japan next week, the Singapore Under-23 will be playing against the Indonesia Under-23 team in Jakarta on June 3.

SINGAPORE UNDER-23

Hassan Sunny (GK) (Jasper Chan 73), Isa Halim (Shaiful Esah 46), Baihakki Khaizan (C), Hariss Haron (Tengku Mushadad 77), Fazrul Nawaz (Goh Swee Swee 68), Hafiz Osman (Ridhwan Jamaludin 68), Sevki Sha’ban (Juma’at Jantan 46), Shahril Ishak (Syed Thaha 59), Khairul Amri, Shahril Alias (Ismail Yunos 29), Agu Casmir

MALAYSIA OLYMPIC TEAM

Farizal Marlias (GK) (Farizal Harun 34) (Syed Adney 65), Subramaniam Sooryapparad (C), Tengku Ubaidillah (Farderin Kadir 44), Aidil Zafuan, Zaquan Adha (Azril Hamid 67), Azrul Ahmad, Sabre Mat, Syamsol Sabtu (Hariri Safii 46), Daudsu Jamaludin (Abdul Shukur 46), Norshahrul Idlan, Azi Shahril (Kamarul Ariq 76)