SINGAPORE, MettaNEWS – MilkLife Kickers started its work in the Singa Cup 2026 international football tournament with mixed results. Appearing at The Arena, Woodleigh, Singapore, Thursday (5/11/2026), the Timo Scheunemann team recorded one landslide victory and one narrow defeat from the two matches they played.

MilkLife Kickers opened their journey with a convincing 13-0 win over Australian representatives, South Coast Baptist College. However, in the second match, they had to admit home advantage Lion City Sailors with a score of 0-1.

In the first match, Albianca Raula and Garneta F. Imelda were the most prominent players after each scoring three goals or a hat-trick.

Garneta got her name on the scoreboard in the 10th, 12th and 31st minutes. Meanwhile, Albianca scored three goals in the 14th, 15th and 28th minutes.

Anisa T. Sholica also contributed two goals with a brace in the 18th and 46th minutes. The other five goals were scored by Askara S. Fahilah (37′), Rere Z. Farza (41′), Ananda N. D. Berlian (43′), Riyanti S. Suryani (44′), and Giada Soebianto (45′).

This big victory became positive capital for MilkLife Kickers before facing the second match which was tougher.

Facing Lion City Sailors, MilkLife Kickers faced fierce resistance. Both teams were involved in fighting for the ball in various areas of the field. The defensive discipline of Singapore’s representatives made it difficult for MilkLife Kickers to develop their game.

Lion City Sailors finally broke the deadlock in the 23rd minute. Madeliene managed to take advantage of a cross from the left side of the MilkLife Kickers defense to score a goal. The 1-0 score lasted until the match ended.

MilkLife Kickers coach, Timo Scheunemann, still appreciates the performance of his team. According to him, the players showed the ability to adapt well, especially when facing the change in game format from 7 against 7 and 9 against 9 to 11 against 11.

I saw that they were able to quickly adapt to the 11 against 11 scheme. At MilkLife Soccer Challenge, they are used to playing 7 against 7 in the regional phase and 9 against 9 at the All-Stars stage. The players also managed to carry out the instructions I gave them, namely building attacks through a combination of passes.

Timo

He also considers the experience of facing opponents two years older to be an important part of the players’ mental formation process.

“Another thing that I have to appreciate is that they compete against opponents who are two years older than them. So, this is good for the players’ mental training,” he added.

Meanwhile, MilkLife Kickers player, Janeeta Alodya, admitted that there were still a number of aspects that needed to be improved after playing two matches. The player who is familiarly called Anet considers inter-line communication to be one of her homework for the next match.

Actually, our game was good today. But there are several things that still need to be improved. Today was quite challenging, especially the second match against the home team, Lion City Sailors. They were good opponents. Their game was quite organized, both in defense and attack.

Anet

She hopes that experience facing foreign teams can increase the cohesiveness of the MilkLife Kickers squad.

“For the next match, we will improve communication between lines so we can increase cohesiveness,” she continued.

Bakti Olahraga Djarum Foundation representative and MilkLife Soccer Program Director, Teddy Tjahjono, also appreciated the players’ development. According to him, MilkLife Kickers’ participation in Singa Cup is part of the continuity of developing players from the MilkLife Soccer Challenge All-Stars.

Just like what we did yesterday with MilkLife Strikers in the U12 category, MilkLife Kickers’ participation is also a form of our efforts to provide maximum opportunities to the best players from MilkLife Soccer Challenge All-Stars. The goal is simple, we want to ensure that this level of development continues at every age group level.

Teddy

He added that the experience of facing teams from Australia and Singapore is an important provision for the players to continue to improve their abilities.

Singa Cup itself is an international early age group football tournament which has been held in Singapore since 2011. In the 2026 edition, this tournament will be attended by 136 teams from 13 countries.

Bakti Olahraga Djarum Foundation together with MilkLife sent MilkLife Kickers to compete in the Girls U14 category. The squad is the result of selection of the best players from MilkLife Soccer Challenge All-Stars 2025/2026.

The Girls U14 category uses a single round-robin format on 5–7 November 2026. Each team will meet each other once to determine the final position in the standings.

MilkLife Kickers is in Group A with Lion City Sailors (Singapore), Fremantle City FC (Australia), BMW (Singapore), and South Coast Baptist College (Australia). After pocketing one win and one defeat on the first day, MilkLife Kickers still has a chance to improve its standings in the next match.

Source: Mettanews.id

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