Ahead Of The Second Leg, Singapore's Top Scorer Claims To Have Pocketed The National Team's Strengths And Weaknesses

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JAKARTA - The second leg of the 2020 AFF Cup semifinals will bring together Singapore and the Indonesian national team. Ahead of the crucial meeting, Singapore's top scorer, Ikhsan Fandi, claimed that his team had captured Indonesia's weaknesses and strengths.

This was revealed by Ikhsan because Singapore and the Indonesian national team had previously met in the first leg. Where the match which took place on Wednesday, December 22 ended in a 1-1 draw.

"Now that we have played against them (in the first leg) we already know what their strengths and weaknesses are," said Ikhsan, quoted from the official AFF website, Saturday, December 25.

The 22-year-old striker also revealed that his coach, Tatsuma Yoshida, had devised the best tactics to face the Garuda Squad. Therefore, as players, he and his colleagues will try to complete the tasks given by the coach to the maximum.

"Coach Tatsuma (Yoshida) already has a game plan for us (against the Indonesian national team), most importantly we focus on carrying out instructions correctly and we must be able to complete the task," he added.

Ikhsan himself became a player who was quite reliable by Singapore because he managed to pack three goals throughout the tournament. One of them even thwarted the national team's victory in the first leg.

Furthermore, Ikhsan also emphasized that his current condition was back fit. Because previously he asked to be replaced after scoring a goal against Indonesia in the middle of the second half of the first leg because he felt pain in his muscles.

"Now that I have played five games over the last month and played almost the full 90 minutes each game, my fitness is getting better and I can become more of a threat to the opposing team," said Ikhsan.

In the second leg which will take place on Saturday, December 25 at 19.30 p.m. Indonesian Western Time (WIB), Indonesia and Singapore will have to fight it out to win and secure a ticket to the final round.