Excitement feels like an electric rush of current in the air-conditioned dome of Singapore’s National Sports Stadium.

It’s 21 March 2024, and Singapore and China’s football teams are competing against each other for the gilded ticket to the world’s stage.

This is the World Cup Qualifiers, a fixture which is part of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup 2026 and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 qualifier. For Singapore’s football players, this match means everything.