Tuesday, March 6, 2007

All square

Albirex Niigata's Tetsuya Okayama (in orange) and Balestier Khalsa's Mba Vitus Onyekachi battled for possession as their teams drew 1-1 in an S-League match at Jurong East Stadium last night. The Japanese side scored first through Akihiko Shimizu after 22 minutes.

Balestier replied on 40 minutes, through ex-Albirex player Morikazu Murukami.

The burly forward powered his way through the Albirex defence before placing the ball beyond goalkeeper Norio Takahashi.

In the second half, an onslaught from the Japanese failed to breach the Tigers' defence, which was missing three first-team regulars through injury.

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