The game was started with a bunch of CISCO officers ushered an overly dramatic Singaporean fans (that was continuously taunting) to "save" him from the Indonesian crowds next door. Lot of "organized" Kallang roars (and waves) from Singapore fans followed by "Bantai Singapore" and "Wasit Goblog" chanting from our own :)! The number of players in and off the field kept on changing with so many incidents on the game, with Indonesia occasionally have 12 players in the field (yes, you heard it right and I think only Indonesia can pull that off). 
While Singapore complained of poor refereeing that allow Indonesia to play with 12 people in the field, they also hurt us by allowing lot of Singapore offside attacked. So all in all I guess the referee team could not decide which team to support throughout the game. Refereeing aside, it was a good match. The game was concluded with two poor (or they would say "soft") Singapore's goals and two great Indonesia goals. Unfortunately with Vietnam huge goal margin on their game with Laos, Indonesia have to be ousted from the competition :(.
All in all the atmosphere was majestic. Although I can't say that I am awfully proud of my nationality (most of the time), the national anthem sung at the end of the game gave me an eerie feeling and a reminder of who we are. This is the first "live" game that I watch, and I doubt that it will be the last.
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