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Ikhsan's Double Boosts Confidence
June 06, 2025
|The Straits Times
3-1 win over Maldives is Singapore's first in 7 games but Ogura annoyed with last 30min
With Ikhsan Fandi marking his international football return with a brace to end the Lions' six-game winless streak, Singapore will head into their Asian Cup qualifier in Bangladesh on June 10 with some confidence.
The difficult spell ended on June 5 with a 3-1 friendly win over the Maldives in front of 2,297 fans at the Bishan Stadium.
The Lions' previous victory was a 3-0 win over Timor-Leste during the group stage of the Asean Championship in December.
Said Ikhsan, 26: "I'm just happy to be back with the national team, happy to help with the goals, and happy that we won.
"It's important for the team to get the victory and the goals and get the confidence up. But we have a lot of things to work on. We have to regroup and focus on the next game...because that's the most important one."
National coach Tsutomu Ogura was also pleased with Ikhsan's performance and hopes he can continue improving as he works his way back to full fitness.
He said: "I'm happy he could run for 60 minutes and score from set piece and open play. This is good for his confidence against Bangladesh. If we have good delivery, he can score."
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