Bacina: Cup exit was fully deserving

By ESPNStar.com
By Gabriel Tan

Photo: Great Eastern Yeo's S-League

HGFC 0 

GBFC 2 
Julien Durand 67’, Hafiz Rahim 89’

Hougang United coach Nenad Bacina believes their RHB Singapore Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of Gombak United was the right result.

The Cheetahs headed into Saturday evening's game at the Hougang Stadium holding a one-goal lead from the first leg, but were beaten 2-0 by the dominant visitors thanks to goals from Julien Durand and Hafiz Rahim.

And Bacina, who has long scoffed as suggestions of luck playing a part in football, believes the only reason why his side were knocked out is because they failed to deliver on the night.

Bulls falter against Hougang United

By OPOD
Jia Hui Chicharito

Photo: Chris Harvey

GBFC 1 
Julien Durand 7’

HGFC 2 
Jordan Webb 47’, Ante Barac 51’

An early goal from Julien Durand was not enough for Gombak United as they fell to a 1-2 home defeat against visitors Hougang United in the first leg of the RHB Singapore Cup Quarter Final last night.

In the absence of head coach K Balagumaran who is currently away for his AFC Pro License coaching course, assistant Stephen Ng took his place in the dugout. Other than Balagumaran, Gombak were also missing both Fareez Farhan and Samuel Benjamin to Under-22 call-ups.

For Hougang’s Nenad Bacina, he had almost a full squad to choose from but had to contend with the absence of Prime League duo Farhan Rahmat and Ignatius Ang who joined both Fareez and Samuel in the Singapore Under-22 squad currently in Indonesia for the AFC U22 qualifiers.

Hougang breaks losing streak with penalty win

By www.hgfc.com.sg

Photo: Chris Harvey

TPFC
Hafiz Osman 70'

HGFC
Mamadou Diallo 59'
Hougang win 4-3 on penalties

The Hougang faithfuls have finally have something to cheer about, at the Queenstown Stadium yesterday.

Hougang United have finally broke their losing streak of six games – this time, beating the ever-improving Jaguars in the RHB Singapore Cup preliminary rounds in penalty shootout.

Hougang made changes to the side who played against Courts Young Lions – Ignatius Ang dropping back to the bench. Fazly Hasan was given his first start for Hougang, in place of Faizal Amir. Syaqir Sulaiman, however, was handed a starting berth in the heart of the five-man midfield, alongside Ante Barac and Azhar Sairudin.

Gombak, Hougang to meet in Singapore Cup

By ESPNSTAR.com staff

Photo: Great Eatern Yeo's S-League

TPFC
Hafiz Osman 70'

HGFC
Mamadou Diallo 59'
Hougang win 4-3 on penalties

Gombak United and Hougang United will meet in the quarter-finals of the RHB Singapore Cup after both sides recorded wins on Sunday.

Gombak, who were up against foreign side Harimau Muda B in their opening round match at the Jurong West Stadium, took the lead after just 11 minutes when Christopher Anderson fired them in front.

Fairoz Hasan then doubled the Bulls' lead in the 53rd minute before K. Vikraman wrapped things up when he grabbed a third nine minutes from time.

Up next for Gombak will be a quarter-final clash with Hougang, who beat Tanjong Pagar United 4-3 on penalties after the game had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes.

After a goalless first half at the Queenstown Stadium, the Cheetahs went ahead when Mamadou Diallo found the back of the net nine minutes after the break.

However, the Jaguars hit back through Hafiz Osman in the 70th minute and with neither side being able to find the winner, the game went to penalties.

With the score at 3-3 after misses by Hougang's Ignatius Ang and Tanjong Pagar's Jonathan Xu, Stanislav Vidakovic netted his attempt to put the Cheetahs in front before Jang In-jun missed his attempt, sending the Jaguars out in the process. (SOURCE)

RHB Singapore Cup: Etoile clinch third place in feisty encounter

Kenneth Tan
info@sleague.com

Photo: RHB Singapore Cup 2011

Etoile 3 - 0 HGFC

Etoile FC clinched third place in the RHB Singapore Cup tournament after romping past surprise package Hougang United 3-0 in the playoff match at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Second-half goals from Franklin Anzite and Theo Raymond added the gloss to an early Kamel Chaaouane strike, ensuring that the French side went home the happier of the two.

A straightforward match this was not, however, with a fiery 90 minutes played out between both sides seeing three red cards dished out by referee Sukhbir Singh and a number of mass confrontations between both sets of players.

RHB Singapore Cup: Saito stars with extra-time double

Paul Green
info@sleague.com

Photo: S-League

HGFC 2 - 3 ANFC

Friday night’s RHB Singapore Cup semifinals second-leg match between Hougang United and Albirex Niigata (Singapore) was a game that had everything.

It was a five-goal thriller, finally settled 117 minutes into a spine-tingling encounter that will be talked about for a long time to come, not only by those present in the stands and the players, but by those watching at home on television who got superb value for money.

RHB Singapore Cup Semi Final (2nd leg): HGFC 2:3 ANFC

RHB Singapore Cup: Battling Hougang salvage draw

Koh Yizhe
info@sleague.com

Photo: S-League

ANFC 2 - 2 HGFC

Hougang United defied the odds to storm back from two goals down against Albirex Niigata (Singapore), drawing 2-2 at Jurong East Stadium on Tuesday evening to bring well-deserved parity back to Hougang Stadium for the second leg of the RHB Singapore Cup 2011 semifinals tie.

Many were expecting the League Cup champions to sweep Hougang aside at Jurong East, and it certainly looked like the script would be followed in the opening minutes.

RHB Singapore Cup Semi Final (1st Leg): ANFC 2:2 HGFC

RHB Singapore Cup: Stunning Okkthar comeback falls short

Bhaskaran Kunju
info@sleague.com

OUFC 3 - 1 HGFC
AGG: OUFC 3 - 4 HGFC

What looked like the one tie that was all but over by the first leg turned out to be a race to the finish in the second, as Okkthar United gave Hougang United a fight that no one expected.

Down 0-3 on aggregate after their devastating loss earlier in the week, the Burmese side gave an all-out performance in front of a vociferous crowd of loyal Burmese supporters who had filled out nearly the entirety of their side of the allocated seats at Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday night.

RHB Singapore Cup: Hougang take commanding lead

Elwyn Lee
info@sleague.com

PHOTO: Gale

HGFC 3 - 0 OUFC

An electrically charged atmosphere permeated the Hougang Stadium stands on Tuesday evening for the first leg of the RHB Singapore Cup quarterfinals tie between Hougang United and Myanmar’s Okkthar United.

With the Myanmarese support numbering in the hundreds in the main stand and providing waves upon waves of reverberating cheers for their countrymen, Okkthar showed plenty of spirit on the field as well as they battled the Cheetahs tooth and nail.

Ultimately, though, they still could not ride on the wave of raucous euphoria, succumbing to a debilitating 0-3 loss.

Match Report: Hougang 1:0 Harimau Muda

Friday, June 10th, 2011

1930hrs, Hougang Stadium

                 

                   Hougang United    1 : 0    Harimau Muda    

Mamadou Diallo (95')                                                           

  Azhar Sairudin (105')                                                            

Match Attendance: 1464