Maldives to play against Laos

May 07, 2014 - 11:40:27 | Shimaz Ali
Maldives starting eleven against India in 2013 SAFF Championship semi final. Maldives to play a freindly against Laos on 13th May.

Male’, MALDIVES – Football Association of Maldives has confirmed that Maldives will play a friendly game against Laos on 13th May ahead of 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.

In a statement released by FAM said that the match will be played on 13th of May in National Stadium and it was approved by the Laos Football ball federation after the discussions held with the FAM president and his counterpart.

FAM also said that the prices for the match will be MVR 50 for the seated area and MVR 25 for the normal stands.

Laos is not a super power in Asean football but they have defeated Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Myanmar.

Laos’s most influential player in the squad is their captain, Visay Phaphouvanin, who has scored 18 goals from 51 games for the country.

Laos qualified for the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup as the runner up of Group C in the qualifying. Laos won against Sri Lanka by 4-2 and managed to draw against Mongolia and Afghanistan to qualify for the tournament.

Laos will play against Turkmenistan on 20th May in their first game of the tournament.

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footballmad on May 07
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I believe this is a good test for us as Laos is of a similar standing as us in recent years.
Fan on May 07
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There is dhivehi saying " nuro dhaiyakah kireh nulibeyne". FAM works under the same mantra, that is do something to appease when somebody is enraged, here for the angry supporters. If the criticism did not snowball into a hot topic they were quietly planning to finish off with the Thailand camp. Since it would not and became unbearable so hastily arranges this match. It just shows they did not have any long term plan as far as national football team is concerned, they are just scraping through on day to day basis. Anyway this is good match, national team is at stage where anything can be good.
Imma on May 07
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Laos is very similar to Maldives. They don't have tall, physically imposing players and are very attack-minded. In fact, their attacking players are quite dangerous and have scored against very good opponents. Defensively they are rather porous, just like Maldives, so this could be a good test for both sides. Definitely a much better team than Sri Lanka.

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