| A narrow
victory for IFC
06 May 2006
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Wadheeu scoring the only goal of the match
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MALDIVES - IFC
climbed up to the top place after a narrow victory against the minnows-
Guraidhoo Zuvaanunge Jamiyya. None of the teams could perform up
to the standard in the first half, and the ball was kept in the
midfield all the time.
But to the despair
of Guraidhoo, IFC took the lead early in the first few minutes.
Wadheeu scored early in the first few minutes, after beating the
keeper from a cross by Mukthaar.
There were some
fantastic football, but none of the teams could create a chance
to score.
In the second
half, Guraidhoo played very well and created a number of chances,
but they couldn’t score from any of those. In the dying minutes
of the second half, IFC created some open chances but all of those
were wasted
In the post
match news conference, IFC coach, Takov said the performance is
not important; it is only the score which is important
“At a
game like this the score is the important factor, not the performance.
Guraidhoo played really well and it was a very difficult game for
us”
He noted the
performance was low as they did not have enough time for recovery
“We played Eagles two to three days before and we had put
a lot of effort to win the game as it was very important. And after
the game we did not have much time to recover”
Takov mentioned
that every body forgets about the performance later and would only
remember the result
“Everybody forgets the performance. After a period they would
only remember the score”
Meanwhile, Guraidhoo’s
coach Nizam said that he is delighted with the performance and the
only disappointment is the result
“I am disappointed only with the result. We worked very hard
and I am very happy with that”
He said the
only problem is that the players are too new and the lack of match
experience
“The players are very new to this level of football. We did
not have any kind of match experience. We have the problem of traveling
to here and playing against the 1st division teams”
Nizam also highlighted
that the performance is improving match by match, but they need
to win a game before it is too late.
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