The Youngest Cub
Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim made Grilled history when he became the yougest player from the club to make the Singapore U-20 squad, aged just 18 years and 50 days. Granted, he had only current coach
Han Lik-Tsun and veteran playmaker
Quah Han Kok to beat, but it remains a heady achievement.
Safri did not however actually play for the side in their 3-1 away defeat to Mongolia at the Nomadic Arena, with Wu Soon Lai of FC Kocábka Forest and Chow Ying Lee of Galatasaray ACF gaining the nod ahead of him. It was however not too bad a match to miss, with midfielders Fu Congyu and Zhu Weiyao suffering semi-serious late injuries, and Yang Kim Yew sent off in the fractious closing minutes.
Strangely, The doppelgänger effect remained alive for Safri even in the U-20 squad, as he met White NoiZ goalkeeper Safri bin Salam. "I think they were shouting our name in training just to get us both to turn our heads." Mohd Safri grumbled, but brightened up immediately. "But I don't care at all! I'm over the moon!"
