Champions are knock out by Uniform rival

The Warriors emerged victors in the Uniform Derby in the RHB Singapore Cup.

They had almost not make it until the last 5 minutes of the second leg when Inui Tatsuro, the man who had score the winner in the first leg, scored yet another vital goal to make it 3-3 on the night and 5-4 overall.

Indeed, it was that close as Home United, as defending champions, fought all the way by taking the lead twice after going behind to a Shimpei Sakurada strike.

First, Frederic Mendy got them back on level almost immediately and after that, before the break, the Protectors took the lead thanks to Franklin Anzite.

The Warriors came back thanks to last season top scorer Mislav Karoglan but Mendy, who was a competitor in the scoring chart last season and this, shot the Protectors back into the lead again.

However the Warriors had the final word on the night.

In the first leg, SAFFC had won 2-1 and, apart from Inu, the other goal was an own goal with the Protectors goal coming from Shi Jia Yi.

Home United
Nazri Sabri (GK), Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman (Jeremy Chiang), Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson (Shotaro Ihata), Nor Azli Yusoff, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li, Indra Sahdan (Firdaus Idros)

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik, Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Aliff Shafaein (Ruzaini Zainal), Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz

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SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik (Noh Rahman), Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Aliff Shafaein (Ruzaini Zainal), Mislav Karoglan (Erwan Gunawan), Fazrul Nawaz 

Home United

Nazri Sabri (GK), Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman (Firdaus Idros), Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite, Shi  Jia Yi (C), Nor Azli Yusoff, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li, Indra Sahdan (John Wilkinson), Song Ui Young