Maldives 10-0 Sri Lanka: Ashfaq hits six

Sep 02, 2013 - 05:14:16 | Shimaz Ali
Maldives skipper celebrates his hat trick in the game. He scored six becoming the all time top scorer of the competition with 14 goals. (MS photo: Shimaaz Ali)

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Kathmandu, NEPAL – Maldives demolished Sri Lanka with 10 – 0 score for a contrast start to the SAFF Championship 2013. Ashfaq scored a remarkable double hat trick while Assadhulla, Fasir, Ali Umar and Adhuham scored the rest.

Assadhulla scored the first goal of the game in the sixth minute of the game, Fasir delivered a lower cross from right flank and Assadhulla past his shot in to the giving no chance to goalkeeper.

Sri Lanka went one man down and conceded a penalty in the 19th minute of the game as goalkeeper Mohamed Imran brought down Ashfaq inside the penalty area. Ashfaq initiated and pasted the dead ball in to the top roof of the goal to double the lead for Maldives.

Even after the red card Sri Lankan defense line kept high raise to trap Maldivian strikers. And as off Maldives players were caught offside for seven occasions in the first forty five minutes.

In the final minute of the first half Maldives was awarded with another penalty as Suwanda brought down Ashfaq inside the penalty area. Ashfaq scored the third goal for Maldives and his second drilling the penalty kick in to the right bottom corner of the goal.

Just after kick off to the second half, substitute Ali Umar missed a golden opportunity to extend the lead for Maldives. Ali Umar’s shot from inside the penalty area went out from near the post.

Ashfaq completed hit hat trick in the 51st minute of the game, Ashfaq escaped from an offside trap and beat goalkeeper before firing his shot in to the empty net.

In the next minute of the game Ashfaq scored the fifth goal of the game and became ALL TIME TOP SCORER OF SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP.

Four minutes later Ashfaq scored his fifth goal and sixth goal for Maldives. Ashfaq’s shot went through keeper’s hand and drilled in to the far bottom corner of the goal.

Ali Umar missed another golden chance in the 69th minute, when only keeper to beat he shoot the ball from outside the penalty area but it went out from near the post.

Six minutes later Maldives Under-23 Captain Adhuham scored the 7th goal for Maldives with a lower shot swept in to the goal while keeper came out to block it.

Nine minutes remaining in the clock Fasir made the score line to 8 – 0 with a fine finish.

Ali Umar scored the 9th goal for Maldives in the 86th minute of the game while Ashfaq completed his double hat trick in the next minute to seal the 10 – 0 win.

With this win Maldives is on top of the Group-B while Afghanistan who won their match 3 – 0 against Bhutan sits on second place.

In the next match of the tournament Bangladesh will come against India at 14:45 tomorrow while Nepal will play against Pakistan at 17:45 same day.

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Man on Sep 02
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Beat that huh. Keep it up
We ar with u on Sep 02
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Ali umar was very slow.need some young blood like Heena or Lachey in the team.
man on Sep 03
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i think ali umar is not in the formbut i think he wil recover soon dont mess with him
truth on Sep 03
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that wasnt he's best !! he missed 2 golden opportunity!! hope to see him back in form
pan on Sep 02
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An overall good match and a very good scoreline! But we mustn’t forget this was just one match and Maldives have a long way to go. So don’t let our confidence border on overconfidence, as it is very likely to happen. Let’s be grounded and take this as yet another historic victory for us. We must also remember Sri Lanka, for a large part of the game, had to play with ten men. So our real strength in the tournament cannot be assessed just as yet. One of the BIG statistics of this match was the number of time (more than 10) Maldives was caught in their offside traps. They were playing a high line, and we got trapped as our midfielders were not able to release the ball at the right time ( or players were not timing well their run). Either way this was something we need to rectify!!!
maldives fan on Sep 02
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beat the Bhutan in next match.Ashfaq score many goals you can go Maldives go
etoo on Sep 02
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Maldivian man of steel dhagadeyyy
udhuheymufeed on Sep 02
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was Srilankan coach High. It was obvious from the start his defence tactics was heading for doom. After conceding so many goals they were still trying to hold such a high line. I would say pure madness. Any way we got all the goals so we should be HAPPY. Congratulation TEAM
fan on Sep 02
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keep it up boys.dagey is at his best.fully fit.Insha Allah mee ves hama aharumenge faharu.
DhiFootball on Sep 02
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Congrats to the team and the individual records made by Dhagey. Congrats to Niya too, for debuting in the game and to sentey for his first saff games goal.(I hope I got this right, but can't recall sentey playing in previous saff games). Savor the moment for a while and get ready for the next game. Couple of things I noticed in the game that could affect us in future games are defenders slipping too easily , may be due to wrong choice of foot wear for the damp and grassy pitch. I worry that after 9 games at this stadium and with the rainy condition in Nepal, the pitch may not be the most ideal for the passing game that our team is trying to play and improve. Let's hope that Nepali football association takes good care of it and maintains it in good form. Even today I felt some of the passes were falling short cos the pitch was not as hard as the one in Male'. One short pass could hurt us bad. But I am sure the coach and team will know about this much better than me and they will be ready for it. Once again congratulations to the whole team and wishing you success ipfor the remaining games. May Allah grant our team the courage and dedication to win this tournament. wishing Maldivian football all the best.
truth on Sep 03
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from the beginning of it self i knew that maldives can win this match easily !! there defending tactics were the best way to make ashfag score! he loves to take the run in the gap between defenders and penalty area! if lanka's coach had any info's about maldives he wouldnt do that! at least if he watched the friendly between maldives and pakistan!!
Imma on Sep 03
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Amazing result but lets be honest, Sri Lanka made it easy for us by playing that ridiculously high line. No way are Afganistan going to use that type of tactic. The Sri Lankan coach probably watched our defeat to Thailand u19s and underestimated us.
Maldives on Sep 04
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Ashfaq is the best

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