Balestier stage comeback in second leg to be in last 4

Balestier Khalsa staged a remarkable comeback in the 2013 RHB Singapore Cup after they had lost the first leg 0-2 courtesy of goals from Fazli Jaffar and Liam Shotton and it looked as though the Tigers were on their way out of the competition.

Especially so as they hardly threatened in the first half in the second leg but eight minutes after the break, they went ahead on the night when Qiu Li struck with a fantastic 25-yard effort before Kim Min-ho fired home from close range just three minutes later to level the scores on aggregate.

With neither side able to find a winner, even after extra-time, the game then went to the dreaded penalty shootout, where Balestier beat Hougang United 4-1.

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman (Shahir Hamzah 71'), Lau Meng Meng (C), Fairoz Hasan (Nurhilmi Jasni 61'),Thomas Beattie, Azhar Sairudin, Jerome Baker, Fazli Jaffar, Liam Shotton, Fazly Hasan (Faizal Amir 61'), Igor Cerina

Balestier Khalsa
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop, Paul Cunningham (C) (Poh Yi Feng 23'), Tengku Mushadad, Ruhaizad Ismail (Hamqaamal Shah 73'), Kim Minho, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Obadin Aikhena, Vitor Borges (Qiu Li 73'), Zulkiffli Hassim

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Balestier Khalsa
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop (Ridwan Jamil 76'), Hamqaamal Shah (Vitor Borges 30'), Tengku Mushadad, Jaslee Hatta (C), Kim Minho, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Obadin Aikhena, Qiu Li, Zulkiffli Hassim (Ahmad Syahir 106')

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman (Shahir Hamzah 106'), Lau Meng Meng (C), Thomas Beattie, Azhar Sairudin, Jerome Baker, Fazli Jaffar, Liam Shotton, Fazly Hasan (Faizal Amir 78'), Nurhilmi Jasni (Mamadou Diallo 61'), Igor Cerina