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The football news in Singapore is here to provide the latest happening in the world of Singaporean football in which considering as the main and popular sport in the country. It was the Tampines Rovers’ flawless goalkeeper Syazwan Buhari form between the odds to finish all the difference for his team, as they beat Balestier Khalsa in a 1 – 0 score line to seal the 1st win of their start within the SPL or Singapore Premier League campaign at Tampines Stadium. The 27-year-old professional player Syazwan provided some critical saves, in which includes the stopping the penalty by the Tigers’ ace playerstriker Shuhei Hoshino, to secure their advantage in the field, and this was the courtesy of forward Boris Kopitovic’s goal after only eight minutes. Shuhei, a former player of Albirex Niigata who won the 2018 Singapore Premier League Golden Boot following his 18 goals. He obtained the spot-kick within the 58th minute and strike the ball straightly towards the bottom-left corner. Unfortunately, goalkeeper Buhari dived in time to stop it and contain with his legs. But wait there’s more, because in just six minutes afterwards, Shuhei was denied again by Syazwan. The Japanese ace player strike a stinging shot following a back-heel assist from forward Hazzuwan Halim, however, the Stags’ guardian quickly nudges the ball exceeding the bar. Within the last minutes of the game, Khalsa uses an equalizer through their new defender Ensar Bruncevic whose 1.96 meter strature provided him an open header attack from the corner. Unfortunately, Buhari is determined to defend his custody and again he tipped the ball away. We do not expect that Rovers coach Gavin Lee admired Syazwan after the match and he stated: