AFC Champions League Two
The win took Noh Rahman’s side to 16 points and kept their unbeaten run going, finishing three points clear of Korea Republic’s FC Pohang Steelers in second spot.
BG Pathum put Tampines under pressure from the opening whistle with Joel Lopez’s eighth minute cross headed wide by an unmarked Matheus before Nuttawut Wongsawang put a similarly free header off target five minutes later.
The home side forced Nalawich Intacharoen into making his first big save of the game in the 29th minute when Siwakorn Ponsan got the better of Amirul Adli in an aerial duel then drove towards goal before seeing his fiercely struck effort saved by the Tampines custodian.
Nalawich then produced another good stop seven minutes before the end of the first half, reading Nathan James’ dipping and swerving shot from outside the box well to gather and send the game into the break on level terms.
Tampines improved after the break and went close to breaking the deadlock in the 50th minute when Joel Chew’s free-kick curled over BG Pathum goalkeeper Pisan Dokmaikeaw but crashed against the crossbar and bounced away to safety.
Kritsada Kaman’s inswinging corner delivery in the 65th minute nearly caught Nalawich out but the goalkeeper was able to claw the ball away from under the crossbar.
The visitors, however, took all the points when Kohya Kazama opened the scoring in the 78th minute with Trent Buhagiar’s breakaway goal eight minutes later enabling the Singapore side to advance to the knockout stage as Group H winners.
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