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Leading 2-0 after Song’s first half brace, the Singapore side found themselves pegged back as Port drew level but the midfielder restored Sailors’ advantage with a spectacular bicycle kick with Shawal Anuar and Lennart Thy then putting gloss on the victory which took them into the next stage as the Group F winners.
#ACLTwo | Group F : Lion City Sailors (SGP) 5-2 Port FC (THA)
The player admitted that he was fearful of Sailors’ chances after Port drew level.
"As the head coach (Aleksandar Rankovic) said, after leading 2-0 and conceding two, to be honest, I was getting scared on the field.
"At the same time, I didn't want to miss out on such a big opportunity to make history for club and country. It gave me inspiration to score that bicycle kick, it's like a miracle because I’ve never scored this type of goal before.”
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Finishing top was justified as the Singaporean side defeated Port in both fixtures, with the teams tied on 10 points.
“I’m not a religious kind of guy, but I was thinking (after conceding twice), what did we do to deserve this? We played a perfect match, then they have two shots and they score twice,” said Rankovic.
“We played very offensively, had a lot of chances and scored amazing goals. Song scoring the hat-trick in this kind of game is a great achievement, and I think we deserved to win.
“Considering how we lost the last two matches, I think finally karma was on our side and I’m incredibly proud of this group of players. We are a team from Singapore, we are first in the table, scored the most goals, and people should think a bit about that and give these guys a lot of respect.”
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