Zambia Jam
Chad Thach won his second national cap in tonight's 4-1 friendly win over Zambia at the Stadium Nasional Singapura, though he would be substituted off in the 74th minute for Muñon Ballans' Hanis Haziq. The star of the day was Anorthosis Kpanis' Tan Tze Pin, who struck twice before himself being taken off in the 64th minute. That was right after Thach had his only shot on target for the day, a raking right-footer that shaved the crossbar.
This call-up came at a good timing too, with Grilled Birds not drawn to take part in this week's World Battle matchup against Senegal's II.2. The Singaporeans won it 3-0 on aggregate in their absence, with Ambush F.C. held 0-0 by two-time Consolante winners AC Anulu after a drab mutual press. West Merlions defeated Manchester Sinti 2-1 despite Horst Kranichstein missing a penalty, as Stefaan Blankenstein followed up Joey Quan's magnificent effort, after 77 minutes.
The gap was a lot wider for the two remining clubs, as newbies are newbies thrashed stragglers Arrows 2 by five goals to one, with Robbie Pall giving the Arrows brief hope following an early Volkert Eutiner and Chen Meng Heng one-two. Romanian veteran striker Cezar Cheţan blew Dakar's Senegalese Vultures away with a hat-trick, as FC Barca Singapore romped to a 6-0 whitewash.
