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Maldives U23
Bhutan U23
South Asian Games 2010
Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka
30 Jan 2010
90' Match ends. 
 
90' Free kick to Maldives from the right edge of Bhutan penalty area. Foul on Ashfaq
 
89' Another miss. Mukhthar perfectly set up the ball to Fasir, but he failed to kick the ball.Ball hit the wrong foot.
 
86' MISSED... Mukhthar's penalty hit the post and goes out.. 
 
85' A foul on Ashfaq inside Bhutan penalty area. Penalty Kick
 
83' GOAL.. Finally the goal is here. Shamveel passes the ball to Ashfaq and he beat his marker and shot the ball to the net. A powerful left footed shot, but is this enough?
 
82' Best chance of the game. But Ashfaq's shot straight to the keeper. 
 
77' Mukhthar passed the ball Ashfaq and he took a shot but straight to the keeper.
 
54' Latheef comes in for Nazmeen. During the break Adham was substituted and Fuhaid was introduced.
 
46' Second half underway
 
45' First half ends. A boring performance so far from Maldives.
 
40' Maldives will hardly get a goal if they continue this performance and a group stage knock out is evident unless they perform better than this.
 
36' Corner kick to Maldives..
 
22' Maldives need to improve the combination, if they are to break the deadlock. Bhutan not creating much trouble to  Maldives so far in the game. 
 
19' Shamveel's free kick off the target. Not a good one.
 
18' Free kick to Maldives on the edge of Bhutan penalty area. 
 
15' Shafiu gets a yellow card for a challenge on Bhutan player. Free kick to Bhutan.

12' Good try from Mukhthar, beat two defenders and crossed the ball from the six yard box but keeper saved it before Ashfaq reaches.
 
6' Good attempt on goal from Maldives. Ashfaq fired the ball just inside the penalty area but the ball hit the cross bar. Mukhthar then passed the rebounded ball to Shamveel, his shot went over the cross bar.
 
5' Neither team is able to find a good space to create a chance. It is quite balanced at the moment.
 
1' Maldives kicks off the game.. 
 
Referee is Pratap Singh from India
Linesman: Khalid Delwar (Afghanistan)
Waheed Mazad (Pakistan)
Fourth Official: Nevon Robish

 

Players from both teams are on the pitch for final warm ups, but officials still working on drawing the lines on the pitch.

 

WEATHER in DHAKA:
Temperature: 28 C
Wind: W 11km/h
Humidity: 39%

Maldives starting eleven:
Mohamed Faisal (GK)
Mohamed Umair (Captain)
Shafiu Ahmed
Ibrahim Abdullah (Ibbe)
Akram Abdul Ghani
Shamveel Qasim
Ahmed Nazmeen
Ali Ashfaq
Mukhthaar Naseer
Ahmed Nashid
Hassan Adham

Maldives coach Urbanyi spoke to maldivesoccer.com a while ago. Considering the shock results of yesterday, Urbanyi said there are no favourites in this tournament.

"There are  no hot favorites for the tournament. Everyone is equal on a pitch like this"

The pitch has not been watered and it has been used heavily for the opening ceremony. Lines were drawn and nets were arranged when the players entered the stadium for the match.

"India also got beaten yesterday and they are hot favourites. But it is very difficult to play on a pitch like this and everyone would be equal"

"Our first priority is to score a goal and then we will see"

India and Pakistan were beaten yesterday in their respective group A games. Now Sri Lanka and Afghanistan leads the group with 3 points each.

WELCOME to Maldives first game in SA games 2010 against Bhutan. The match will kick off at 1430hrs Maldives time and stay with us for latest updates from the squad