Yangon, MYANMAR - Ayeyawady United extended their unbeaten run to four games with ten man in this year’s AFC Cup as they held out for a goalless draw with New Radiant SC.
The first half was quiet, both sides creating a couple of opportunities each but neither able to take advantage of them with Macedonian forward Riste Naumov the main target for a series of crosses and deep attacking throw-ins from hosts Ayeyawady.
The most effective of these came from New Radiant midfielder Viliam Macko, who proved himself a constant danger to the Myanmar side during the match.
On the half-hour, the Slovakian turned his man on the edge of the box and unleashed a powerful blast across a helpless Vanlal Hruai in the Ayeyawady goal only to see the ball clatter off the crossbar.
The second half offered little more action until the final 15 minutes of the game with the 66th minute dismissal of Ayeyawady’s Hein Thiha Zaw following two yellow cards giving New Radiant a numerical advantage.
On the 76th minute, Ahmed Abdulla approached the right hand corner of the box and whipped a short cross with pinpoint precision onto the head of Ashadh. Ashad produced a firm and clean header but Hruai pushed the ball wide of the near post.
“We came here with no chance of reaching the second round if we lose, we came to win but we did better than last time,” said New Radiant coach Hassan Hameed.
“The players did their job and we hope we can get more from them in the future.
“If we can take six points from our last two games then we can go forward into the next round.”
Name
Comment