World Cup: China social media lauds new Singapore ‘heroes’ for keeping Chinese dream alive
- Thailand’s failure to beat Singapore by three goals allowed China to sneak through on head-to-head results despite 1-0 loss to South Korea
Chinese football fans have flooded social media with praise for group rivals Singapore after their 3-1 loss to Thailand kept the men’s side in with a chance of qualifying for the Fifa 2026 World Cup.
Despite losing 1-0 to South Korea in the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Tuesday night, China made it through to the next round of qualification because Thailand failed to beat Singapore at home by three goals.
One hero on the night was Singapore’s goalkeeper, Hassan Sunny.
“I suggest that this year’s Chinese Footballer of the Year award be given to Singapore goalkeeper Sunny,” a post with more than 1.7 million likes said.
Hassan saw a total of 35 shots fired at him, 13 of which were on target. The keeper also got down low in the 88th minute to stop the ball from sneaking inside his near post.
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World Cup: China social media lauds new Singapore ‘heroes’ valiant for keeping Chinese dream alive
“The whole Chinese team should give a deep bow to the Singaporean goalkeeper who got a yellow card for delaying the game in the last minute,” one Weibo user commented.
