New Radiant tastes bitter result

Sep 17, 2013 - 05:59:16 | Mohamed Sajid
Hammami celebrating the seventh goal against New Radiant from the spot. (MS photo: Shimaaz Ali)

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AFC Cup: New Radiant 2-7 Kuwait SC
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Male', MALDIVES - New Radiant SC tasted a bitter result in their AFC Cup Quarter final encounter against giant Kuwait SC. After Conceding 6 unanswered goals in the first half New Radiant managed to hit twice while Ashfaq wasted a penalty kick. The final score was 7 - 2 in favour of visitors.

Just after the kick off the match Rogerio Handed the lead for Kuwait SC. In a counter attack Rogerio move forward and finish the attempt to the goal giving no chance to keeper Imran.

Fasir gave a good ball to Ashfaq in the 12th minute of the game, but Ashfaq's shot from inside the penalty area hit the wrong side of the net.

Three minutes later Hammami doubles the lead for Kuwait SC, Hammami easily headed the long cross from right flank.

Twentieth minute Jemaal made it 3 - 0, with another header from close range.

Two minutes later Fasir tried his luck with a long range effort but the shot went over the crossbar.

Half a hour Jemaal scored his second and fourth for Kuwait SC and shut home fans hopes. And it went harder for the Blues as their Coach was given marching order after while.

Jemaal completed his hat trick and added 5th goal for Kuwait SC with a powerful shot from close range in the 34th minute of the game.

In the final minute of the first half Jemaal made it 6 - 0 and scored his fourth goal of the day.

In the added minutes of the first half Ashfaq penetrated the defence line of Kuwait SC and powered a thunder bolt from close range, but was denied by the crossbar.

Ten minutes after the kick off to the second half, Fasir scored a goal for New Radiant SC with a powerful shot drilled in to the near angle of the goal.

Sixtieth minute New Radiant went close again but Ashfaq's shot from inside the penalty area was blocked by the keeper.

New Radiant was awarded with a penalty kick in the 64th minute when Ashfaq was brought down inside the penalty area. But Ashfaq's spot kick went wide off the target.

But three minutes later Ashfaq dribbled past two defenders and scored the second goal for New Radiant with a solo effort.

Nine minutes remaining in the clock Kuwait SC was awarded with a penalty kick as Kingley fouls on Khudhair inside the penalty area. Hammami scored from the spot and made it 7 - 2 for Kuwait SC.

In the added minutes of the game New Radiant SC key player Umair was sent off for arguing with Referee while Khudhair of Kuwait SC also was given marching order.

In the second leg of the encounter both teams will play in Kuwait on

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MDV on Sep 17
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A very poor game in the first half of the match was the only bitter result for new radiant SC. i think just like the Maldives national football team overconfidence from players was the result of the very very poor performance from the first half. Hope New Radiant SC Players are mentally not affected by today's result and also the sad end in the SAFF.
hasssan on Sep 17
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i dont know what to comment .. i am so angry with the new radiant players ! bad organisng and the poor discipline and no organisation in the first half .. second half was only better because of the foreign players of the new radiant ... defence was very weak !
Happy on Sep 17
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Go blues go He he Go to thodoo and help the farmers
mussad on Sep 17
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New Radiant coach took huge gamble today with too much importance given to an attacking game and paid the price. for heaven sake they were winners of AFC cup twice, have two very dangerous strikers. Why did not we go for a defensive game, and man-mark these two players as much as possible and go for a counter-attack. Our players did not know their real strength and they were taken unawares as the game progressed and goal poured in. And also it was always risky with three defenders at the back. Our defenders were not able to pick their forwards properly. If we had 4 defenders it would not have been this bad, keeper would not have been exposed to their attack with such intensity. Now we have to go to Kuwait with 5 goal deficit, we don’t know how ruthless they will be with home advantage. A big, costly mistake by coach.
haha on Sep 17
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your ashfaq didnt dive today?
StillProud on Sep 17
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Dude, kuwait fc are the defending champions with some world class players like Tunisian all-time top scorer Jemma and last year's best foreign player in asia, brasil born Rogerio n Tunisian international Hammami. But still Ashfaq managed to score after beating 3 defenders, grabbed a penalty and hit the cross bar aftr beating a couple of their defenders! So he definitely proved why he's rated so highly in this region. No south asian player cud have done that against such a good team who are a class apart. Its jus unfair that we get to play teams from Gulf region only aftr the 2nd round. Afc needs to provide a chance for teams like New Radiant to compete with Gulf teams even in the group stage. Otherwise its gonna b really tough to reach the final. Jus see how teams r grouped in the UEFA champions league.
Imma on Sep 17
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Popov will have to admit that he made a mistake today in the starting 11. I thought it was very naive, but understandable since New Radiant hadn't played a match against strong Middle Eastern opposition under Popov until today. He appeared to figure out his mistakes and changed things at half-time. I wish the Ghanaian kid Yusuf started the match. He was very energetic and broke up many Kuwait SC attacks when he came on. I think he was an integral part in organizing the defensive discipline in the second half, as well as giving the front players more license to attack, resulting in a much improved display in the second half. I was afraid this could be a 10-0 or worse, but credit where it's due, New came out fighting and put on a spirited display in front of their fans. I hope to see them perform like this in the 2nd leg. Personally, I will be delighted with a 1-0 win, even a draw, as it is now unrealistic to expect them to go through to the semis.
footballmad on Sep 17
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Imma, pretty sure Popov will improve the tem for the second leg and get a much better result. Still, I cannot see NR getting even a draw, possibly a loss by 2-3 goal margin. And that's NR players perform. Gotta say, Good goal by Ashfaq.
Ahan on Sep 17
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No need to blame anyone. We lost because we cannot play "current" style of football anymore with a competitive team. In today's football though a team adopts 3-4-3, it does not mean it has to be always 3 defenders defending. Our midfield should be supporting them. But the truth is that we do not have that physical strength to play such a football. We need to improve our physical fitness/strength, otherwise we can not play "football".
theLUCK on Sep 17
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BALAK THIS IS ALSO A RECORD... HOME GA 2-7 BALIVUN... GOOD YOU ARE THE MAN...
aruham on Sep 18
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popv did same mistake urbanyi did in saff same style of play, and also yousuf put in the bench,
pan on Sep 18
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I am sorry to say we have to come down to the groud level we are so proud we think we are the best. coaches too another fellow sent out using bad words to the refree if we want play foo tball play foot ball sam to umaid repeting the same getting angry
beast on Sep 21
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Hehe. This is so funny. All talking about new radiant improving in the second half.I hope you guys understand that the visitors had a healthy lead over the opponent, hence they eased up on the acceleration paddle. You would they want to play in the visitors want to play the second half in the same pace as the first when it was clear that even if new radiant scores 5 times or 6 times still they have the advantage. With the upcoming game at their home. I wonder if new radiant would be able to keep the score line in a one digit number. And the talk about Kuwait being the Champions. How many months did the coach of new radiant have to monitor and prepare his game plane. This is not new all the coaches who come to maldives just buys all the best players in maldives for a year and beat all local teams. But when they come against the real test, sadly they don't Deliver.

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