Maldives finishes with a win

Dec 19, 2015 - 11:38:57 |
Ashfaq scored twice in today's friendly game

Male’, MALDIVES – Maldives national team finished their training camp after a comfortable 4-2 win against Malaysia’s UKM team today. Skipper Ali Ashfaq scored twice and Asadhulla Abdulla and Yasfaadh Habeeb managed to put their names on the score sheet.

Maldives coach Ricki Herbert rested number of players during today’s game and made several changes.

Maldives lost their first game against UITM by 5-2 but won the two matches against Air Asia FC and PDRM FA by 2-0 and 3-2.

Starting lineup against UKM: Imran, Shifaz, Ibrahim Abdulla, Amdhan, Samdhooh, Ashad Ali, Fasir, Yasfaadh, Imaz, Easa and Naiz.

Maldives team will be back on tomorrow and will leave to India on Tuesday for the SAFF Suzuki Cup.

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Ronaldocr7 on Dec 19
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Maldives is going to win staff Suzuki cup 2015 . My predictions are Maldives 3-1 bangdlash, Maldives 4-1 BUTHAN ,Maldives 5-1 Afghanistan and semifinals Maldives vs srilanka 6-0 finals Maldives 2-0 India and champions are Maldives
wtf on Dec 22
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too much weed bro!
Fan on Dec 20
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Dhagandey is seen falling easily in the penalty area to earn a penalty which on another day would have seen him punished with a yellow card. In the WC qualifier against Bhutan he was shown a yellow for a similar tumble. I hope in the tournament he will be extra mindful of his role in the team and be careful that referees will be on the lookout for players who try to con them. In a tournament like this you are two cards away from suspension. What if the suspension comes for a match when your team need you most. Hope somebody drill this into him, n his responsibility that he cannot take lightly
Imma on Dec 20
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I like the positive mood within the camp. Usually, there would always be some sort of controversy ahead of SAFF Championships, with coaches constantly complaining about the fitness levels and lack of preparation time. Ricki Herbert seems to be a more no-nonsense character and listens to no one else. He personally attended the DPL matches and hand picked the players whom he believed were the best players who are currently available. He cares nothing about the egos of the so-called "senior" players of the squad and only builds his squad out of players on merit. I think the younger ones, and the more intelligent older players really look up to him. He has also left behind the more disruptive members within the squad like Rilwan and Adhuham, who are always falling out with other players and lacking discipline in general. Yes, I am very hopeful of this tournament. India are sending out a weakened side and Pakistan have withdrawn, so I think if we apply ourselves well enough against Bangladesh and reigning champions Afghanistan, this could be ours again.
Agon on Dec 21
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Maldives is the underdog. All other big teams in the saff will underestimate the weaker teams like Nepal and Maldives. So Maldives definitely has the chance to cause an upset. They could probably beat or most probably draw against the Indian B team. I am sure they can beat Bhutan and get a draw against better teams such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan

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