Maldives scores 10 in record-breaking victory
03 Sep 2013, 5:15 PM
Daniel Bosley
The Maldives national football team yesterday began its South Asian Football Federation Championship (SAFF) by putting 10 goals past two Sri Lankan goalkeepers in record breaking style.
The high scoring game represents the biggest win in the tournament’s twenty-year history, with six goals by the Maldives’ ‘man of steel’ Ali Ashfaq making him the competition’s highest goalscorer.
“I feel happy about the result. I was excited that lots of goals were scored,” coach Istvan Urbanyi told the press after the game.
Commenting on Ashfaq’s six goals, Urbanyi hailed an “extra ordinary performance” but maintained that the win was a team effort.
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