Maldives 0 - 0 India: India wins on penalties

well done boys you did your part sometime this happen in football. we are proud of football team.

LOL>>>MALDIVIANS!!!! hahahahah..... U got a very fitting reply today to shut ur arrogant holes!!!! hahahhaha Our U-23 team beat uuu!! hahaha. If it was not for a few misses then we would have wno by nearly 3-0 by the 90 minutes!!

Wow we have done it AGAIN..no one gave us a chnce but we have done it..evryone must now agree that INDIA WAS,INDIA IS AND INDIA WILL BE THE BEST TEAM IN THIS REGION FOREVER...we have a bright future..nxt time we must send an under 19 team..maybe maldives mite be able to beat them....

we could not play our game ..our defenders were putting long balls especially umair..only abt three balls was played to ashfags feet..using shifan as a winger also was not good as players like oittey and akram were on the bench..great performance by bakaa and sobah ....two kilos penalty was weak and the keeper made the move when he kicked the ball..maybe we got too carried away especially the fans ...

This time kids won by luck. Congra congra for Maldives national team for there superb perfomance.

We have done it again and have proved that we are the best south asian side....well played team india....

it was not your U-23 team. 7 old players were there..! Winning penalties are like winning lucky draws. Maldives played much better and they even deserved a penalty. But the referee.. Anyway.., we do accept the score. congratulations India. :)

congratulation indian national team. It was a nice football match. Weplayed better than Indian team. but there will be one winner ndia keeper Arindam deserves valuable players of da tounment. THIS DA TIME TO SURPORT OUR NATIONAL TEAM

next time send your under 1 year team. sometimes teams are lucky. even we played better than indian so called KIDS, it wasnt our day. we were unlucky. we were way better than indians. and we will be better than india forever. and FloyD, you better shut your holes... coz maldives played better than indians. india cudnt play a neat game and thats y they played long balls. we saw maldives playing the beauty of football. go maldives go. we are the best. and will be in this region.

Well, hard luck. Must admit india is the most boring team in the world to watch. Cannon Fodders!

Do anybody call what Indians played in this tournament is modern football... Just hitting ball from behind n lucky who ever wins it in front... What a shame to this region... After beating Maldives of only 300,000 population... heheh. You Indians are saying U23 but guys we have only 300,000 to do what ever we do. And we will always be proud of our side even they loose. Great performance by Maldives team. Maldives again proved its the best team in the region with their skillful performances. Keep up the good work. Anyway Congrats for the win.

we didnt have luck on our side. Anyway superb performance from both sides, esp. to indian keeper you really deserved MVP. and get well soon to JEWEL RAJA.

dear FloyD don't be so proud. we have already beat ur senior team with full strength last year with in 90 minutes, not from penalties. today India won the game by luck from penalties. we got plenty of chances today. but we are so so unlucky. any ways congra India. We are comming to take revenge next time.

Hi Maldivians...sorry for u poor chaps. You were defntly better team. u Played well but ultimately the winner counts. N now u are loser..anyways congrats for ur hard work. see you in the next SAFF cup probably with under 19!

U 23 team? Ehehe that's the best team you guys can get from that huge one billion population. But Maldives is tiny nation. But u guys can't play as good as them. Go Maldives u are like us. I mean Germans of Asia. You just won a lucky draw

listen my frds all about maldives having 300k people , India baskball team 5th in asia, jr volleyballteam no2 in the world, hand ball top 5 in asia, hockey 8 times olympic and once world champs ,tennis three times davis cup [world cup of tennis runner ups] , football 4th in olympics and a olympics top scorer and runner up in asia cup. and many more ........now u-23 team chanpions of SAFF. WTF have Maldivies done , craped in the saff final , totally owned by Indian kids

well played game.. just because the indian keeper was better :P.. Anyway, maldives go go!!.. guess we'll see the indians in the saff basketball tournament in january :P.. GO MALDIVES!!!

arrogant maldivians..take that! now u wanna abuse us more/?? go on!!....big mouths all shut now/? first learn to respect others, then we ll think abt playing football with u. hahahahh. and bring on ur excuses...lol

ur guyz talking non-sense...coz soccer is only concern about winning trophies it doesn't matter hw u play, always remembered the winners....population has nothing to do with this...coz if so brazil couldn't be a 5 times winner in the world cup..we proud our national teams as everybody does there's...today we r unlucky..its happen in football..thats a beauty of soccer...

oh maldivians... u need tissues? as i predicted...3-1... no mtr in penalties...but in the end...in a game of football... all that matters iss the FINAL SCORE... a good practice tournament for our kids.. next...watch us on ur tv sets...the big one: 2011 asian cup!

Population doesn't matter ...at the end 11 players matter......so don't give us all the excuses about how small is ur country....gr8 european footballing countries have such small population

While I ongratulate the maldives team on reaching the final. We have good relations with maldvies and we hope to keep it that say. But never say that India is scared of Maldives and thats why we sent in our u23 team.

sssssssshhhhhhhhh MALDIVIANS..........U HAVE LOST AGAINST U-23 TEAM............SO SHUT UP AND HOLD UR HEADS IN SHAME...........WHAT HAPPENED TO BEST PLAYER OF ASIA........U GUYS TOLD THERE ARE NO DEFENDERS IN SAFF REGION WHO COULD STOP HIM???????SO DON'T TELL LAME EXCUSES

Plus, you guys shud know, that penalty is just luck!.. depends on luck!!... :) .. v r VERY happy! HOP HOP MALDIVES!!!.. HOP HOP MALDIVES!!!..

ASH, I THINK U SHUD THINK ABOUT THE MATCH.. AND THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT.. YOU GUYS TOTALLY SCORED 3 GOALS IN THE GROUP MATCHES AND THE SEMI-FINALS.. MALDIVES SCORED 11 GOALS IN THE TOURNAMENT WITHOUT THE FINAL MATCH.. KEEP DREAMING ASH.. PLUS UR DEFENDERS COULD "NOT" .. I REPEAT COULD NOT "HOLD" HIM.. ITS TRUEE THAT U FOULED HIM.. AND PUSHED HIM.. AND THREW HIM..! IT WAS ONLY THE GOAL KEEPER WHO WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO STOP HIM.. SORRY BUT U R THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SHUT UP.. LOOK AT THE PERFORMACE OF YOUR TEAM! HOLD UR HEADS IN SHAME.. :P BUT LIKE ASH SAID, THE BATTLE IS OVER.. BUT THE WAR ISN'T.. WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVE OUR SELVES.. AND NOW U R SAYING UNDER23.. DUDE.. YOUNGER PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE MORE PHYSICAL STRENGTH THAN OLDER PEOPLE.. MOSTLY... ANYWAY.. PENALTIES DUDE!.. Y IN THE WORLD COULD YOU INDIANS NOT SCORE AGAINST THE MALDIVES IN THIS WHOLE TOURNAMENT UNLESS IN PENALTIES.. :P SHAME!! SHAME!!

@ash. last year we hve beaten ur so called senior team with full strength. we have no worries about the results. cox we lost from penalties. it would be shameful if we lost in normal time. and on many occasions ashfag have beaten indian defiance line, but unlucky finishing. so i can say indian defenders couldnt stop any of our 4 attackers.

Hey hey indian guys. U just lucky. U plyd like criket. Maldvs plyd wel in 120 mins. It just luck u found trophy. U just shut up here. Go and write ur living room. I wl c hw ths big indian guys play in AFC. Botm of the grup wud b indian big felows. We proud of our team. We wil show warm welcome to our team. U guys wil write ur back only. Huh. Even if u play frenly game agains us surly we gona defeat u. Wil c.

i bet india will be laughing stock in aisan cup in this style of football.they shud hv to be competing in world cup not here in SAFF bt luk at the way they played today...shame on u india

Guys, i think we shud let them celebrate while they can.. Plus, maldives under-21, 23 and the national team needs to go on more international friendlies.. Not against teams of this region.. teams of other regions with higher rankings..

Even if brazil play against india big felws, they wud face such day like ths. Cox luck was on idian way. They just kicking for six. Thats nt brazil style. Lol. If india scord al chances and maldives as wel. Score line wud b if india 6 maldives wud b 12. Bt luck favor to india today. Maldives is stronger than india. 3 goals scord india by luck.

Congrats indians. . . And maldives performance nt so bad for me. Bt i cant believe tat indian playin eng futbal. . I proud tat our smal cntry performance. . Gud luk maldiviana. .

hey INDIA are champions now..., for the 5th tym,,,, Dont blame INDIA and dont give excuses ma dear Maldivies Friends(MF),, here on words i wil call you MF's okie,,, ma dear MF's you people also had penalities not only we,,, you should also scored via penalty ,,, and dont talk about pop man in the football field only 11 player plays ,, if you want any help to raise POP we all help you people okie,,,now respect INDIA because WE ARE CHAMPIONS with Under - 23 team INDIA,,,, Good Luck guys,,, al best wil see you in INDIA for SAFF,, because i'm sure you people cant meet us anywhere,, we dont mind get thrashed in AFC Asian 2011.. football is a game there will be winner and Looser also today you dear MF's....

Maldives Supporters, Just by winning the trophy once you guys bag so much .We have won this many times yet we don't brag. U guys are acting like kids. Grow Up. Accept your defeat and move on. I know the grapes are sour.

Ahmed Zarrer you really can be Maldivies Astrologer,, you preditated properly,,, INDIA ARE CHAMIONS OF SOUTH ASIA with KIDS,,,, its our wish to send which ever team we want because you dont look who is oppnent,,, we all play dirty football that's why we are 5th time SAFF champion and you play best football in the whole world with small population only won once,, so Winning is main aim,,, what you wil do with playing very good football............. Winning matters,.,,,

hahahah:)) Maldi..wat a hilarious name u have given to Maldivians jokers...MF's. hahaha.. bt im not sure if they have enough inteligence to understnd the real meaning of this.) Nice one

There is no use commenting here,I guess i'm wasting my time here.You guys can't simply digest,your players are not capable of scoring a goal against KIDS.I GUESS UR TEAM PLAYED 7 FRIENDLY MATCHES BEFORE TOURNAMENT AND STILL LOST.MALDIVES HAVE NOTHING LEFT IN FOOTBALL NOW,NOT EVEN THE SMALL SAFF CUP.THE FACT IS YOU HAVE LOST,YES YOU HAVE LOST.SO BYE BYE LOSERS AND KEEP CRYING ABOUT FLUKE 1-0 WIN IN 2008.THIS THE IS MY LAST COMMENT IN THIS WEBSITE.SO BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE

Y don't you indians start calling your under23 the better team.. :P Because u can't consider a team that lost against maldives better than a team which won against maldives totally by luck!.. :P what say you ?

Hey indians. . . . Why indian big population cud nt play in the asian cup already. . And why indian nt playin nice futbal. . They ve strng league. . Bt i can nt say indian futbal improved. . . Wat a dirty futbal indian playin

India won 5 times out of 8, all luck ? Why don't u guys accept the fact that 1 or 2 wins doesnot mean u r supirior.. lol.. India now a days concentrate more on competing with middle east countries and try to improve the rankings. If we play countries like Maldives, and accedently loose, our ranking will go down. How many matches Maldives won against the countries outside Saarc region ? So don't blame on Luck , and concentrate on football.. Football is a team game, by one Ashfaq type footballer, you cannot win every game. Penalty is also part of the game.. don't talk ever abt luck.. its all frustration... Good luck guys for next Saff cup, hopefully will be in india, and I bet, you will be playing with our U21 team..

congratsss indians

Good for nothing ppl...they play only one game and cant evn beat a junior team in that.....nt evn qualified for afc challange cup..even bangladesh and srilanka qualified....they r arrogent good for nothin ppl...

not always won better team...we dont like to beat so called "kids"...its gud not to won this match ..if we won they may say this is only kids...hehehe...so again next saff championship in india...dont send cricket teams next time..

as a maldivian i conguralate india..n i hope maldives will never give up n hope next saff games is ours..

hey, gud for everything people.. whu have at 72 yr old FA .. its gud u won 5/8 :P against a 23 yr old FA.. :P .. gud for everything people got beaten by maldives twice in a row.. :P it was just ur keeper whu saved u today.. so puhleex.. stop acting like u r the best! :P.. plus i believe the u r the only 72 yr old FA whu hasnt played in the world cup so far.. now thts where u shud be ashamed.. - PROUD TO BE A MALDIVIAN (Xaven)

Bharat matha ki jai.jai hind jai India.hello Maldivians pls do except defeat,and work hard for the next tournament.For me As a football analyst the best team played in this tournament is the Maldives.Maldives ashfaq ali is the best player in the tournament and the only player in this region who could play in Europe.I would love to see maldivians playing in i league in india.spec ashfaq ali ,fazeel,arif,thoriq.

sorry to say but i cant see a single maldivian crying they r celerating :) we r happy tht our beloved team played well than any other team in the tournamnet i feel so great to see all maldivians cheering 4 the team after the penalty lost even the whole capital were in a silence wen the penalty shootout was there havent seen that in my life time but all started again we r happy that we played well and we know that we will be the kings of saff again sooner than u all think and im sure we will welcome our beloved national team as we welcome them last year or with better preperation we know that they have done there part they tried. fott ball round anything happen the better team might loose so we accept the defeat but still i belive we r the best in our region and we will be go maldives go LOVEU ALL SUPPOTERS PLUS OUR TEAM

Yeah Xave.. i agree with u... Indian U23 team is better than so called senior team.. Last year also they should have send their junior team. Then it would be the 6th time not 5th time Indian wins SAFF... Anyways the Indians who comments here is proving that they are the most selfish, self-centered, rude, determined, thrift pple in the whole world.. Clean up your minds and try to play FOOTBALL not Cricket in football.

well indians is it football that you played out there smashing the ball here and there, with that football i don't see any future in indian football, penalties are just like lotteries you may win or not .. but the most valuable player should be ashfag .. nobody else it's very unfair to give that stupid keeper the man of the tournament , it's ok to give him man of the match .. not the tournament and i think he didn't play one match .. this is the problem where south Asians federation never improve in football

India qualifies for the Asian Cup 2011 to be held in QATAR. Only the best 16 countries of Asia will play for the Asian Crown. India is playing third time in this prestegious competition and Maldives has never played in this tournament. Maldives even could not qualified for the Challenge Cup. India won Challenge Cup 2008 to get the qualification to the Asian Cup 2011 at QATAR.

dont be so biased... a fluke win?? lol.... we totally outplayed indians on last three meetings... anyways congratulationz to indianz... celebrate your victory...cox u deserve it,,,,,congratlationzzzzz :) we lost...cox today we didnt deserve to win,.... no matter how bitter or sweet.....

To ash, India: Maldives beat India last time comprehensively and it wasn't a fluke. Ur seniors were watching how we played in that game, making several fouls, which the referee didn't penalise. After that India lost 2-0 to Maldives (Group match in 2009) and the only way Indians beat Maldives today was on PENALTIES. It's like tossing up a coin, so don't act like as if you've beaten the best team (Maldives) in regular time okay. We scored 11 goals in this cups where India scored only 3 goals. Maldives beat 3-1 Afghanistan, beat 2-0 Indians and hammered 5-1 Sri Lanka only to lose the final on penalties. So Maldives can still keep their heads held high coz their performance was the BEST in this cup too. Only the LUCK wasn't with us today, that's all.

congrats indians.... yes we never qualified for afc chellenge cup.... but ur populations says u guys must play at least in world cup... u guys having dat much population.... and we never give up by india...

Congratulations to India! Emotions aside, the tournamemnt has proved that the maldives team has much better skills than the Indian team. But you need more than skills to win a tournament. Startegically, India are a better team. To my mind, what cost us the tournament was the beginning. Not winning against Nepal meant we had to give everything to the last three matches before the final. india won the first two macthes in the cup and therefore was able to rest their players and we didn't have that luxury. Well done to our team and to the coach. The main thing you've proved is that we continue to be one of the two big names in the SAAF region an that it wasn't just luck last time.

Maldivians cant say it was due to luck that the Indians won. Im maldivian, and I cant say I am pleased with the teams performance this year at all. I mean, like a previous article, people and the media started celebrating as if they already won. Well, I had a hunch that they wouldnt win the final, but not by much. India IMO dominated the match except the extra time. Well penalties, what is it that Maldivian football team got with losing in penalties. While watchin them shoot, I wondered if they actually practised for penalties...I have to say, an under 23 team with the majority being 19, we really have to consider not being over confident or bragging like hell after winning only once. Their senior team competes against much better teams other than Maldives. We have to improve football, not improve banners we make forcasting all wins..

@Saurabh : First of all the incapability of your country to host a tournament shows evryone how irresponsible your management is. The reason india sent the young team was fear of gettin beaten up second time by the Maldivian National Team. But guess what, miracles happen. Ever compared the population of your country and ours? A population of 1.19 billion should hav better football players than that. u indians ever think abt y u guys get beaten up where ever u go? australia , uk , london?? evrywhere. Its becoz of this attitude of yours. Try to change it... for ur own country's sake.

For us to improve our record in the region we've got to focus in the bigger Asia region. We should appear in EVERY big Asian tournament, not just Asian games or SAAF. Go to 'http://www.theafc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth' and you'll see that we don't feature much in the wider Asian region. We've got to focus on our younger teams too. I'm not talking about just an U23 team but the under 19 and under 17 in a planned and long-term way. By doing this, we can keep be a threat not just in SAAF but in Asia as a whole LONG_TERM and we've got the potential, as the South Koreans would agree.

cmon my maldivian bros... lets congratulate indianz..this is their day....we had our time as welll,,,they deserve to win cox....football is all about result,,, we played well.. but never managed to put the ball in the back of the net..that haunted us when penalities came....anyways congratulation india.... i wish india success in football...cox i love this game...i wolud love to my neighbour to get more success in football....

well there's another thing even the Espn commentators mentioned it when ashfag was tackled in indian penalty area 's it was clear penalty which was not given by the referee, that's the reason why im saying that you indian toddlers team is very lucky to get away with the help of referee , which could have been the crucial goal to decide Maldivian win

plus don't you should be ashamed to compare us the maldivians and indian' s in any way .. you should praise us if your real indian, cause not only the population Forbes billionaires lists is filled indians not the poor us with all those money you to invest your results are very poor .. you get c report this time compared to our team ..and also can buy some brazilian people in order to change your football crushing style

Ajanta Murli (Srilanka): still sour that you got beaten 5-1 by us ein? sh!t happens. so statistically, india beat us by 2 goals, we beat you by 4 goals, which sums upto indian under 23 team beating you by 6 goals. no wonder you're still sour.

I am a football lover from india .. i have seen the saarc football for more than 45 years.. couldnt hold myself from commenting here after reading all these comments... u guys indians n maldivians pls stop fighting.. pls understand there will be upsn downs.. afterall this is sports.. i will say maldives got the trophy last time just because of the importance given to football by their ex president gayyoom.. i saw them playing before 30 year befor 20 years before 5 years n last year.. see the improvement.. as a football loveri thank gayyoom for the importance he has given to fotball n befor leaving his presidency he gave that happiness to all the maldivians.. i guess now a days there is no mush importance from the new government which will take them back to 30 years.. though players do hard work... if the ppl who shud give importance r careless then u all can see what will happen to luck.. it will only make u cry.. i request all the maldivians to reunite n work the betterment of ur beloved country... i was in maldives for 23 yrs.. jus imagine what is hapening to ur country... all country is concentrating on politics.. this will not do any good.. stop ur fightings n together fight fr ur country like u all are doing here in this site.. :) .. though i am a indian i do love maldives a lot.. u played well but as i said the LUCK.. it wont be on ur side cos of that reason.. it will make u happy for a while n make u cry. i hope all the maldivians will get my msg.. long live maldives n india..

guys wait n see till next time we update our ranking list..very high possibility is there that Maldives might go above India or very closer...India sent U23 and they don't get any point for winning the cup or a match...its not counted for India..Maldives 1 draw, 2 win and a runner up..also a win with Malaysia...this will definitely push up Maldives in RANKING....keep watching for next update..don't fight among ur selves..FIFA will tell you who is better..Congra India "so called" U23..

wat a boring match played by under 23 ... a damn excuse for the fear of loosing....coudnt arrange a proper team in such a huge population.. guys they have send u23 in cricket...its the tradition in india.. first they need to learn cricket then football.. its just a practiced cricket match by kids.. hoping to play worldcup soon.. Come on keep on dreaming...thats all u can do ... REMEMBER this is football.. we are the best..!! just 11 goals in a tournament is a proof enough... rather then a loss in 2 or 3 penalties so called lucky draw.. that is how it is.. kids dont understant much... :)

WELL PLAYED MALDVIES.. u r the best

India didn't deserve the win. We made it too easy for them. Without any doubt Maldives was the best team in the tour. Though we wasn't upto our mark today, we were superior to them. But we lacked luck today. And for those who say India have a bright future, did they win coz they were outstanding? That wasn't even football they played, tossing the ball here and there. Greece won Euro 2004, where are they now? The only improved side in this tour was Nepal and Pakistan. I don't say Maldives are unbeatable, but we proved we are the best team in SAFF. Just like Greece, India completed a fairytale this time. No doubt we would be happy if we had won, but more than SAFF cup what would make us more happy now would be Maldives qualifying for AFC competitions. Thou our boys at times performed below their average, we should still acknowledge their work and effort. They didn't get time to rest as they fought for a place in semi till the last match day of the group. So they had a tiring tour. I recommend to the FAM to back our team like they have done in this competition. Organizing friendlies and events to help our team to do better. So with the same determination, work hard and make us proud. May Allah give us more success in future.

hey guys dun talk too much abt population...dats pity excuse....european countries like malta,san marino,jibraltor can outplay u easily.they hab less population than urs...they dun even hab competitive leagues nd better clubs.......population duzn't matter,its zeal dat matters in the spot... both india nd maldives dun deserve to play final....case wud be different if pakistan nd nepal were in semifinal but their badluck...nd yeah nt only asfag is gud to play for european league...pakistan has europe based player already whereas anil grg was selected for chelsea nd reading reserve team but cudn't make it becoz EPL duzn't take responsibility of countries below fifa ranking 70 unless they r born in england......... now u guys stop talking nonesense nd go back to work

there is nothing for the indians to be proud of they played ugliest football in this tournament maldives was far better than them in terms of football india was through to the final by scoring just three goals with the lucky goal against nepal so there is nothing to talk about too much a way of lucy to draw to winner of sms pole

btw, i noticed that a lot of you are saying maldives has no future in football.. 10 yrs ago.. when nizam and the others were playing for the national team squad.. the same thing was said.. but thts not how it happened.. better players came.. everything happens in the way allah has planned them to occur.. But, maldives has a very bright future.. believe it or not..

I not happy even though we won the title. Cox we really need to learn foot ball. Beating a small country like maldive on penalties doesn't mean that we are great. We must score at least 6 to 8 goals if we are great. But the fact is we are not the nation of foot ball but cricket. Fifa AFC and Saff even favour us cox we are the biggest in the region. That's why we got chance to play in asia cup. We got this chance only 3 times. It's a shame for huge country like us. We need to learn something from small nations like Maldives. They are really good example.

Thank God.. that India won. Otherwise Indian supporters will put fire on houses of the players as they had being doing it when they lost a cricket game.. :p Still I would say only Luck was Lack on Maldives side.. :(

Congratulations India for yo win. Maldives, it was just bad luck this time. You guys played well. Very unlucky you were not able to captilise on the chances you made. Take heart from the game and look forward. You are as good as champions and do better in future. Well done coach! You did a good job. We are with you all!

Congrats Indians even they won the title by luck...this is sports and one will win and one wil defeat...n there is luck in football....this time luck is in indian side...Indians only play high balls and they cant just play nice football....penalty is a 50-50 chance...even u guys can beat brazil in penalty shoot outs...I think Maldives woud boost in ranking this time....Gud luck Maldives.

hmm didnt just anyone realise that we didnt lose a single gam in this tournament. loss on panelties doesnt count. its another achievment for us. we should be proud of our boys and our coach. they did there best. playin so many games so closely. they gav there everything. we appreciate it. i hope the coach doesnt leav. we want him. we playd proper futbol, whilst india was just kiking the ball. u cant call it long ball style. u guys are long way away from being kings. wen ever u luk at the maldivian team u wudnt only see 11 players. ul see a 300 000 futbol crazy redcrowd. Hungry and waiting for the next chance. THATS THE MALDIVIAN WAY!

Congrats India,my freinds of maldives u also played well both of us are regional heroes,we will reach the level of china very near.My sincere advice is dont underestimate the opponents,india still dare to play against australia or japan bcoz they very very strong than us,we respect them.expecting same frm ur side also

Maldivians were too proud! I am really happy that this gave them a lession to improve in football. Thanks to the India. Jay HO! :)

shame on indian people. World 2nd largest population cudnt play football against worlds one of the smallest country.

we didint paly u23 team we palyed aginst (1.15 billion) people

COngrats!!! Maldives. adhi ummedhu fenakah nudhe ehnun. Abadhaku molheh ves nuvaane, inshah allah next time we will do much better.

being an indian i feel shame on indian football.they didn't play professional football. Male' people try to play football through out the tornament .but in this match indian team spoil who match by playing high balls. i have to this is not criket to play sixes and fours.we are not in 60's to play like this.be professional

As indian coach said before the game the one who played for their game plan won the match. And that's INDIA. No doubt about it. From the childhood i hear and i know that India plays high balls. And i guess all Maldivians know this as well. Even our coach said it before the game. But I wonder why our players were UNABLE to bring that ball down to the ground and give a pass. As Indian players hit for a FOUR our players tried to hit for a SIX. I think there will be players even in Maldivian side who touched the ball with his head more than with his feet. Thats the reason why we saw so many players with bandage on the head. I was ashamed to see that even the Maldivian midfield players were trying to do the same thing. I wonder where was their chest. Anyway what to do, India won the match so congratulations India.

I see no reason for us Maldivians to be sad. We played well displaying good football and proved that we are a footballing power in this region. For that I am proud. Congratulations to India. They are still the team to beat and its about time for us South-Asians to concentrate on achieving something out of this region. India is doing well and we Maldives and other countries should follow them. Set new targets and cross new boundaries. The challenge cup and Asian Cup should be our next target.

Next time we(India) will send you under 15 team.Just try to win and show your football skills atleast to them.Just admire India's win yar... Jai hind

Maldives are no match to India.India are far better than us,our arrogance has led us to this result today.We Maldivians should really learn to behave and also stop making lame excuses.I think we just need to accept defeat

Faroe Islands: Ranking:120, Population: 49,006, Iceland: Ranking: 92, Population: 319,246, Bahrain: Ranking:61 , Population: 719,000, Iran: Ranking: 63 , Population:74,196,000. So even though iran has more population they are lower than bahrain. Also faroe islands and icelands are ranked higher and they have just about and lower population than maldives. Thank You

We really appreciate the modest comments by some indian fans in this forum. Thank you guys.! And for those Indians fans mocking us, here is the thing. We will be watching your so called GREAT team in AFC cup. I Bet ull be tasting some Sour Grapes. SEE you then!

i'm proud of my team, u Indian shame on the way and type of football you play after receiving all efforts and grants from FIFA. If FIFA is paying such grants on our football then you Indians will be far behind. Being such vulnerable country (at a population of 300000) in the region I’m proud of the performance they showed against India. Go Maldives team go, so if we measure with the resources, than Maldives team are far better than you guys. Make you under 15 team with more senior players.

yo mr population now start callin ur self mr statitician and calculate the income of those countries and the amount of money they hav to inject into there FA's and the amount of aid they get from european countries and FIFA.

Hi all i want to say whoever said winning by penalties is luck totally wrong i think those pepole don't know football only those player convert the penalties who have nerves and determination if you called ashfag is best player then i don't think if he cant convert an open chance in penalties what can he do so accept your defeat.

Faroe Islands, iceland, Bahrain and iran can get chances top play top teams of the world regularly. but we can get such a chance only once in a decade.

@ against population...............they get chances to play top teams because they play top football unlike Maldives

congrats india. maldivian fans pls don b disappointed. its better to lose than to play the way india played. india u23 wont have any future if they play dat way. we need to continue our way of football and implement our game irrespective of opponents play, which we failed this finals i believ. once again india congratulation, and i can c ur game plan well played. V R MALDIVIANS. If we hav to go from the start v will. we will.

Hey guys, Maldives U23 will face to beat india in SAFF games football event. but still we dont call them "kids". in SAFF game indian team will bring U3 then they will call " BAHCHAA" LOL. World Dirtiest football is in India. Shamme on them.

Its really good the way Maldivians support their team.But you guys should think in football mentality,you need to support and develop every part of football not just the national team.You need to support you clubs(rock bottom at afc cup),U-17,U-19 and try to improve you league etc.Only then a nation will be successful.Indians lacked this knowledge but now they have started to follow it

@ anil,india they can get chances because of their region have top teams unlike this region. in this region we have the worlds biggest populated country. their population is spread to every where. but their football team is unable to play top football. FIFA and Europe spend them billions and billions of euros for Indian football. but still didn't create single player to play top football. thanx

Losers,,,,,, shame on uuuuuuu.... nest time we ll send out u -19.. . u ll hv a fair challenge then

Last year the Indian team lost to Maldives after a fantastic 90 min of football. On the contrary this year, Indian U23 team stinked the stadium with the worst football in football history. Yes they got the results by luck. No arguing there.

Ok my dear readers. What if we Maldives take a football team and play a SERIOUS match against Brazil. Who will win? Will it be a 50-50 chance for Brazil to win? I will say YES. Because we will take our team based on hight and weight. We will take tall and well built men for our team. and for the 90 or 120 mins we will just arrange 11 players one on another in the goal line like a wall. And we will let Brazil to play so called nice skillful football in the whole pitch. Now do you think will there be a need for dribbling? iok you decide. Anyway play will continue and till 90 mins and 120 min of total play then we will be on penalties. So now Brazil to win against Maldives is it a 50-50 chance? Yes it is.

sombody has used my name to support india. i thought once v register the nam with our email the name is ours. this is ridiculous. dat india guy used my name to pretend i was doing it.shame on u who ever did that. u guys are such loser. yes MALDIVIAN, wed rather lose than play like the indians played.

to all maldivians...A GOOD WORKMAN NEVER BLAMES HIS TOOLS!!...TAKE A LESSON FROM THE FINALS. and stop being so arrogant and proud. Only then u ll make some progress in football or anything else. no rational discussion is possible with 90% of maldivians..there are very few who talk sense among you. So see u next time in the same SAFF cup, in d meantime india has to prepare for various other international tournaments. U ppl Just concentrate on SAFF cup 2011. LOL!!

I wanna see wot Baichung Bhutia has to say bout this U23 Indian team. To a man with normal human senses, its clear that this U23 team brought shame to the respected Indian senior team. I wonder how they'll cope in AFC cup. Hope they dont embarrass themselves by kicking the ball out of the stadium.

maldivians are unlucky though they were the best in the region

@ Hemant Sharma: i cant believe u...why the worl best players like becham cant kick penalties into the net? i think they shud b better than Ashfag...

the owner of this site (maldivesoccer.com) dont know wt comment they should publish and whats not.. due to publishing all comments from readers there is a big fight between MVD and IND fans.. you guys pls dont publish the comment which is against other nations o people

molhan kulhe abadhu balivaa team aky dhevehi team.. always dhevehi commentators say we are much better n our individual skill is the best.. but its not excusses, the result is important

Maldives paid for their arrogance. Football is all abt results. The fact of the matter is, u guys got beaten by the bunch of kids!!!!!. It is time we delivering results outside the saarc countries. I seriously want the indias, maldivies, nepal, bangladesh and srilanka to start challenging the asian continent. And let us pray for each other's success

Some DO NOT even know the name of this tournament. I am not here to say they are Indians. But my dear its SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP not SAFF CUP.

Well done India. we as Maldivains should keep us our passion to the sports if we need better results next time. its not FAM or Govt. its the general public and thousands of young and old who is out on the pitch that has produced results for Maldives in the past and its going to be the same in the future as well. Maldives local tournaments are in very bad shape and if we are not serious about this our standdard is going to go down. its a must to have a very strond league to produce good players. let keep our passion burning.