Iraq. Singapore co-hosted the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship with Thailand. They began their title defence with a goalless draw against Vietnam on 13 January. Two days later, striker Noh Alam Shah scored seven goals in an 11–0 national team record win over Laos. Singapore advanced to the semi-finals after topping their group following a 2–2 draw with Indonesia. They met Malaysia in the semi-finals, progressing on a penalty shootout after extra time following 1–1 stalemates in both legs. Singapore took on Thailand, a team they had not defeated in a competitive fixture for 30 years, in the finals. They beat Thailand 2–1 in the first leg on 31 January, in which the Lions converted a controversial penalty on 83 minutes and the Thai players staged a walk-out as a protest before returning 15 minutes later. Thailand were leading 1–0 in Bangkok before a Khairul Amri scorcher won the tie 3–2 on aggregate and gave Singapore back-to-back tournament wins. With the final win, Singapore established an unbeaten run of 15 matches under Avramović dating back to the 2004 tournament and a tournament record of 17 matches without a loss going back to 2002. Avramović scouted Hariss Harun and handed him his international debut in a friendly against North Korea on 24 June 2007. With this appearance, Hariss became the youngest ever player to play for Singapore at the age of 16 years and 217 days, breaking the previous record held by Singapore legend Fandi Ahmad who debuted at 17 years, 3 months and 23 days. Avramović would later describe Hariss as an "exceptional player". Singapore were drawn against Palestine in the first round of the 2010 World Cup qualification. The Lions won the first match 4–0 and were awarded a 3–0 walkover win in the home leg after Palestine failed to turn up for the fixture. On 1 November, Avramović called up striker Aleksandar Đurić, who was not on the FAS's Foreign Sports Talent Scheme and had gained Singaporean citizenship in September for non-footballing reasons. Đurić made his international debut at the age of 37 years and 89 days against Tajikistan in the first leg of the second round of the World Cup qualifiers on 9 November, contributing with an immediate impact by scoring both goals in a 2–0 victory. Hours prior to kick-off in the same match, national team captain Aide Iskandar announced his immediate retirement from international football. Aide