Friendly International: Malaysia conquers Maldives 3-0
KUALA LUMPUR. Malaysia was ultimately too good for Maldives.
KUALA LUMPUR. Malaysia was after all too much to handle for Maldives with the goal of Darren Lok (24′), Faisal Abdul Halim (65′) and Lee Tuck (88′).
The match was played at the KLFA Stadium stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot around 26.6 degrees Celsius or 79.79 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 81%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Malaysia was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Maldives that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Malaysia was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Malaysia won the match.
Malaysia shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Maldives shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Malaysia received 1 yellow card (M. Sakhaau). Regarding the opposition, Maldives received 3 yellow cards (H. Yoosuf, Ibrahim Aisham and Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee).
Match Events
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12'12'
H. Yoosuf
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24'24'
Darren Lok
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46'46'
Lee Tuck
Dominic Tan
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48'48'
Darren Lok
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53'53'
M. Sakhaau
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62'62'
Ibrahim Aisham
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65'65'
Faisal Abdul Halim
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70'70'
Q. Cheng
Dominic Tan
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73'73'
Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee
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80'80'
S. Aguero
Darren Lok
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83'83'
Ali Ashfaq
H. R. Ahmed
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88'88'
Lee Tuck
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90'90'
A. Bassam
Haisham Hassan
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90'90'
Mohamed Umair
Hussain Nihaan
Next match
In the next match in the Maldives will play away against Singapore on the 17th of December with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Singapore (0 draws).
Malaysia: Formation and Lineups
Malaysia adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Pan-Gon Kim chose to play with the following team: Syihan Hazmi, Azam Azmi, Dominic Tan, Sharul Nazeem, Ruventhiran Vengadesan, Mukhairi Ajmal, Brendan Gan, Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee, Muhd Safawi Rasid, Darren Lok and Mohd Faisal Abdul Halim.
Substitutes
Malaysia made only 1 change substituting Dominic Tan for Q. Cheng (70′).
Maldives: Formation and Lineups
Also Maldives adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Francesco Moriero played with: Hussain Shareef, Hussain Yoosuf, Ali Samooh, Ahmed Nooman, Hussain Nihan, Haisham Hassan, Hassan Raif Ahmed.
Substitutes
Maldives made only 1 change substituting H. R. Ahmed for Ali Ashfaq (83′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Friendly International
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Kyle Bonn
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