foto: Instagram/@hassansunny18; Instagram/@dapurhassansg
Brilio.net - There was something unique after the Singapore National Team's match against Thailand on Tuesday (11/6). After the match, it was discovered that Singapore goalkeeper Hassan Sunny's food business was busy with tourists from China. Not without reason, for tourists who are fans of Chinese football, Hassan Sunny is the savior of their national team.
Starting from losing 3-1 to Thailand, fans of the Chinese National Team actually thanked the Singapore National Team goalkeeper. The reason is, thanks to him, the Chinese national team was able to compete in the third round of World Cup qualifying.
Initially, the Chinese national team was on the edge after losing to South Korea with a score of 0-1 in the final match of Group C of the second round. In order for the Chinese national team to continue to advance to the qualifying round, Singapore must not lose by three or more goals to Thailand. If otherwise, then Thailand wins and eliminates China from the World Cup.
photo: straitstimes.com
Even though Thailand won, unfortunately they were unable to score a difference of three goals or more. Masatada Ishii's team failed to advance to the next phase because they lost head-to-head to China. The Chinese national team passed the third qualifying round thanks to Hassan Sunny. The 40 year old goalkeeper managed to block 11 balls from Singapore's goal during the match.
Chinese national team fans thanked Hassan in a unique way. Knowing that the goalkeeper from the Lion Country owns a Muslim food business called Dapur Hassan, they flocked to his shop which is located at Block 144 Tampines Street 12. The shop immediately became a popular place to eat for Chinese tourists.
Reporting from The Straits Times, a long queue of customers was seen at the Hassan Sunny food stall. This stall serves various typical foods, such as nasi lemak and nasi Padang. Visitors also took selfies with the shop's nameplate as the background.
No exception for William Lin who came to thank Hassan. He bought two packs of nasi lemak for himself and his daughter because the stall was full, so there were no seats available.
photo: straitstimes.com
"Hassan's performance in that match was extraordinary, I saw that he had a nasi Padang stall, so I decided to come try it. I am very, very grateful to the Singapore team," said William Lin, quoted by brilio.net from The Straits Times on Thursday (13/6).
If usually there were only 20 people in line, after the match, the stall was very full. There were about 50 people in line during the day at that time. That's what Keith Ong, a Singaporean who often stops by the shop, noticed.
photo: Instagram/@dapurhassansg
"Usually there are less than 20 people (queuing at the stall). Today is very different, very full," said the 39 year old man.
Apart from stopping by Hassan's shop, Chinese national team fans also transfer money to the shop, you know. Reporting from Mothership.sg, they got the QR payment code for Hassan's shop. There are even those who don't hesitate to transfer money up to millions of rupiah. The transfer amount ranges from 1 to 100 Singapore dollars or IDR 12 thousand or IDR 1.2 million.
photo: Mothership.sg
Flooded with good fortune even though the Singapore National Team lost, Hassan Sunny thanked the fans who filled his shop. The Singapore National Team goalkeeper expressed his thanks in Mandarin.
"Xie Xie (thank you in Mandarin), China!" he said in a video.
(brl/jad)
