A Catalyst Is Badly Needed For The Boost
| LCS did their lap of honour after their ACLTwo Final defeat at Bishan |
You have to give credit to Lion City Sailors (LCS) for what they have achieved so far.
Some may say they have the resources that other Singapore Premier League (SPL) clubs can only dream of, but let us not forget how difficult it has been for LCS to juggle so many matches in the current season (having to feature in four different tournaments in the ongoing season).
Singapore football badly needs a catalyst to lift itself out of the doldrums, and let's hope what LCS have done so far is something the game here can build on.
AGONY ON THE CONTINENTAL STAGE
While the result ended in agony for the republic's sole privatised football club in the recently concluded AFC Champions League Two (ACLTwo) final, in which they lost to UAE's Sharjah FC at the "new-look" Bishan Stadium.| The 2025 ACLTwo Final saw the biggest crowd at Bishan Stadium since its opening |
The sheer determination and the hurdles they overcame had won the hearts of the 9,737, which included luminaries like the President of Singapore, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who penned his thoughts on social media, lauded the performance of the team who ironically reclaimed the SPL title merely days before.
A MOMENT THAT FELT FAMILIAR
When I saw the LCS players sink to the ground after the final whistle was blown, it was no different from the ambience we witnessed when the Singapore national team lost to Indonesia in the 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final on Christmas Day in 2021 at the National Stadium.BUILDING ON BELIEF
So the key is how can LCS and Singapore football on the whole build on this belief that the team showed against some of the top clubs in Asia?England's heartbreaking exit from the 1990 World Cup was seen as a catalyst that fuelled the formation of the English Premier League, which has since become the world's most-watched football competition.
TIME FOR OTHERS TO STEP UP
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