Blues moves second

Mar 11, 2015 - 07:07:05 |
Ashadh Ali celebrating the goal against Lao FC today. (MS Photo: Ismail Affan)

Male', MALDIVES - New radiant sports club won their second game of the AFC Cup 2015 against Lao FC by 2-1 and moved to the second position of the group after Ayeyewady United held Persib by 1-1.

In the 12th minute Lao FC's Maitee missed a golden opportunity to break the deadlock. Keeper Alisher blocked the free kick and Pooda made another good shot from the rebounded ball inside he box but keeper blocked it again.

In the 31st minute Alisher made another stunning save to stop the shot from Sitthideth inside the box.

In the 37th minute Maitee broke the deadlock from wonderful volley inside the box. After good team play from Lao FC Sitthideth supplied the ball into the box from the right flank.

New Radiant made two changes at half time. Riley and Hanoi came on for Niya and Lily that changed the pace of the game and New Radiant dominated the second half.

In the first minute after the break Ashad Ali made a good shot just out side the box but went wide.

In the 67th minute Akram supplied a good ball into the box but keeper cleared the ball for a corner.

In the 68th minute Patrick leveled the game from a good back heel inside the box from a wonderful ball supplied by Moli.

In the 75th minute Akram made a stunning shot on target just outside the box but keeper cleared it for a corner kick.

Five minutes before the normal time Hamza made a good shot on target but Lao player cleared the ball before crossing the goal line.

In the 88th minute Ashad Ali took the lead from the spot when referee awarded a penalty to New Radiant. Ihaa brought down Ashad Ali inside the box.

New Radiant’s care taker coach Ahmed Hameed said that their main target was to win the game and happy for achieving that.

“Our main target was to win the game and we are happy for achieving that. It was an important win for us during this period of time.”

“During the first half our players made some mistakes and after the break we made the changes and it was very positive thing for the game.”

Lao FC’s head coach David Booth said that they lost the game due to silly mistakes.

“First half we played very well and in the second half things went not like the first half. We took the lead and we made some silly mistakes.”

“The penalty was ok it was a kick from behind and should award a penalty. So we lost the game.”

New Radiant will play against Ayeyewady United of Myanmar in Male' on 18th March 2015.

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fan on Mar 11
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Excellent come back and three vital points. Adubarey showed his maturity and leadership in the final moments. His experience earned them a penalty and I was thinking was he going to try another hilarious penalty that he scored in AFC Challenge Cup but he was wiser for it. There was no comedy involved in it, it was sent almost straight down the middle.They could easily have extended their lead with couple of more goals had hampu and beyrumeeha not spurned the chances they got in the dying minutes. Anyway this was an important win that will boost the confidence of demoralised players and keep players in good form when the new coach join the team. Good luck.
Imma on Mar 11
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It's amazing to see just how good our teams are when they keep the ball on the floor and try to play football. Yesterday during the first half, Maziya were terrible due to Suzain's favourite long-ball, ugly style of play. In the second half, they came out and dominated the play by nice passages of passing moves and dynamic movement of players in the final third of the pitch. New Radiant were the same today. They simply could not get going until about the 70th minute when they made some changes and decided to pass the ball around. In the first half, they looked like they still hadn't got over Mika Lonnstrom's decadant style of play, where their fullbacks would keep launching long, pointless balls into the opponent's half and hope for the best. Maldivian players are a lot better technically than that and their talent gets wasted by long ball tactics. Most of them also do not have the height to play that game. It's good to see the coaches wising up to this and playing to the players strengths i.e. keeping the ball and controlling possession. Great to see both clubs winning in the same week, long may it continue.

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