SINGAPORE - The Republic suffered a heartbreaking loss to Causeway rivals Malaysia in the SEA Games men's hockey final on Saturday night (June 13).
Spurred on by the sell-out crowd of 3,200 at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium, the hosts fell behind by two goals before mounting a valiant comeback in regulation time to send the match to penalties.
But they were undone after missing their first two penalty strokes, allowing the Malaysians to triumph 4-3.
Singapore captain Enrico Marican took solace in his team's fighting spirit: "I admit it was disappointing not to get gold but the team and I gave our best performance.
"This result shows that our belief can pull us through even though we may be 0-1 down or 0-2 down."
