By Les Tan

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Aleksander Duric (red) in action during the recent 2-2 draw against Vietnam. He was injured early in the second half and replaced by Indra Sahdan. (Photo © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports file photo)

Aleksandar Duric, the Singapore national football striker making his ASEAN Football Championship (AFF Suzuki Cup) debut, has still not recovered from his calf injury. He was raked on the calf by a Cambodian player and collapsed suddenly on the pitch early in the second half.

“No good,” said Aleks when we caught up with him. “Still pain. I can’t walk.”

At the moment, he’s getting physiotherapy treatment and there is no need for a scan yet.

Aleks started the game upfront with Agu Casmir and hit the woodwork twice and had one goal disallowed for offside. Indra came on as a substitute for him and scored the third goal in the 5-0 demolition of Cambodia.