Compared to the rest of the teams in the competition who were serious and competitive or at least looked the part, the Pakistani team from LUMS looked as though they were here just to have fun; with their players all relaxed and not too bothered about what the score line was. UI on the other hand were relentless as they strived to do the best that they could, dominating the match from start to end.
The match that followed pitted hot favourites Waseda University (WU) from Japan and the Singapore Management University (SMU). After previous results which saw WU hand out beatings to the other teams, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Peking University Founder Technology College (PUFTC), and likewise SMU’s convincing defeats to NTU and PUFTC, one would have presumed this match to be a whitewash in favour of the Japanese.
However, the local lads put up a valiant display to restrict their opponents to only five goals to lose 5-0 and actually seemed like a small victory for the Singaporeans. This 5-0 defeat was remarkable considering that SMU was playing the strongest team in their group and they had already been handed heavy defeats by the other weaker teams in the group.
Even the though the Japanese were obviously superior in all departments, SMU gave it everything they got and recorded what would be the lowest score line yet in the entire competition.
This result meant that SMU ended up in bottom spot with three defeats in a row while WU qualified for the semi-finals with three straight wins.
