The Youtube Clip of the highlights of the match...
It was indeed a roller-coaster ride for the group of 15 year-old boys that formed the National U15
football team that took part in the Youth Olympic Games.
After two emphatic victories in the group stages over Zimbabwe and Montenegro, the expectation was
at an all-time high on the "Little Cubs" to aim a shot at the elusive gold medal of the football
competition.
I think the title of this post should be suffice to describe the mood at the Jalan Besar Stadium
just now when a near-capacity crowd of 5,850 (based on what the stadium announcer said over the PA
system).
(Pictured above) A shot of the crowds at the Gallery of the stadium before the kick-off
Anyone who were at the ground just now, would tell you it was either their first time witnessed
this kind of fiery atmosphere (some would say still existed in school games' finals) OR they would
tell you it was such a long time they LAST had this kind of atmosphere in any Singapore game
featuring any of the national teams, be it the senior or their juniors - the national U15 who
triumphed over their much bigger-built opponents from the Balkan state of Montenegro in the YOG's
Group D fixture and saw them clinched the top of their group.
