vs Valencia (MDV) (4th)
G: Abdulla Ziyazan
DC: Ahmed Waheed/Abdella Jailam/Moosa Hassan
DM: Mohamed Hassan
M: Ali Adam/Ahmed Aiman/Ibrahim Ali
AMC: Hassan Ali
S: Mohamed Farish Ibrahim/Anas Mohamed
Critical match here, as we're tied on points.
3 -
Waheed plays it long into the box. Defender is there first, but his pass back to the keeper is soft and
Ibrahim breaks it up, scoring his 10th goal of the season.
1-0
4 -
Mohamed Hassan passes it to
Ibrahim for the dribble into the box. A defender is on him and another comes over to help, but the second defender is too late to prevent the second score in 2 minutes.
2-0
20 - I need to not have
Adam throw the ball in, ever. He's cost us way too many goals this season
2-1
43 - Whatever.
2-2
53 -
Aiman is pulled.
Mohamed Hassan moves up to MC and
Irufaan comes in as the DM
54 - A hat trick given up to a dude we're all in on. Such horseshit
2-3
55 -
Yamin for
Waheed after they score AGAIN.
2-4
56 - Shitty cross by
Adam after the isolation long ball as the defender knocks it away, but
Mohamed in is position to put the rebound away anyway
3-4
I flip out after a journalist accuses me of throwing away points, so that I don't throw a water bottle at the smug jackass's head.
Ahmed Ibrahim cries out about being trained in his position, so I cut his ass.
Abdulla Ziyazan and
Amdaan Rasheed have a falling out, resulting in an end to tutoring. But that's okay, because Rasheed is now Spirited and his Determination moved up to a reasonable 6. He's also going to be the starter the rest of the season.
vs Maziya (4th)
G: Amdaan Rasheed
DC: Mohamed Yamin/Abdella Jailam/Moosa Hassan
DM: Mohamed Hassan
M: Ali Adam/Ahmed Aiman/Ibrahim Ali
AMC: Abdulla Zubair
S: Mohamed Farish Ibrahim/Anas Mohamed
56 -
Waheed for
Yamin;
Visham for
Adam
58 - A fucking own goal by
Rasheed. JFC.
0-1
69 -
Zubair kicks back to
Aiman for the long ball to
Mohamed in the box. Defender glided past and equalizer in
1-1
74 -
Mohammed Hassan intercepts the clearance and wings out to
Ali. He dribbles and runs out of bounds at the touchline, but not before crossing and allowing fresh
Visham to knock in the go-ahead header!
2-1
Ahmed Aiman with a 7.7 PotM, supported by 7.4s from
Ibrahim Ali and
Anas Mohamed - to say nothing of
Mohamed Visham's 7.2 off the bench. We were very, very lucky to win this one.
@ Hurriyya (MDV) (7th)
G: Amdaan Rasheed
DC: Mohamed Yamin/Abdella Jailam/Moosa Hassan
DM: Mohamed Hassan
M: Ali Adam/Ahmed Aiman/Ibrahim Ali
AMC: Abdulla Zubair
S: Mohamed Farish Ibrahim/Anas Mohamed
A win here and we can guarantee staying up, which has been my goal all season anyway, crackheaded media and board expectations of a 4th place finish aside.
35 - Sigh.
0-1
42 - Another fucking corner kick given up
0-2
56 -
Waheed for
Yamin
60 - Serious homecooking on that bullshit PK call on
Jaiman. Of course they score
0-3
We acted like we had staying up in the bag already and promptly shit the bed against a team we should have whipped.
They've been shit the last couple games, but
Ali Adam and
Ibrahim Ali are named to the
Dhivehi Team of the Month.
@ Eagles (MDV) (7th)
G: Amdaan Rasheed
DC: Ahmed Waheed/Husny Rasheed/Moosa Hassan
DM: Mohamed Irufaan
M: Mohamed Visham/Ahmed Aiman/Abdulla Ibrahim
AMC: Abdulla Zubair
S: Mohamed Farish Ibrahim/Hassan Athif
Juggling the lineup to try and sort out my shitty backline. Both wingers are injured so that's why they're out, and my staff tells me
Irufaan and
Athif are better choices, so we'll try it.
54 -
Yamin for
Waheed;
Mohamed for
Ibrahim and striker switch
74 -
Visham outlets back to
Aiman and takes the return pass in the box. Dribble, tap to
Athif, and we break through
1-0
Solid, if unspectacular win,
Mohamed Visham taking PotM honors with a 7.9. That was a key 3 points against the 7th place team, because it guaranteed we're here for another season.
vs BG Sports (8th)
G: Amdaan Rasheed
DC: Ahmed Waheed/Husny Rasheed/Moosa Hassan
DM: Mohamed Irufaan
M: Mohamed Visham/Ahmed Aiman/Abdulla Ibrahim
AMC: Abdulla Zubair
S: Mohamed Farish Ibrahim/Hassan Athif
The jackass opposing manager was very dismissive of our accomplishments in avoiding relegation, so I want to send him down right here. Not that there's much to play for, really - the best we can do is 3rd place and we'll finish either 3rd, 4th, or 5th.
34 -
Abdulla Ibrahim is whistled for a completely unfair penalty and of course they convert
0-1
52 -
Visham for
Abdulla Ibrahim;
Mohamed for
Athif
84 - WHEN I TELL YOU FUCKSTAINS TO WORK ON DEFENDING SET PIECES, YOU FUCKING WORK ON DEFENDING SET PIECES
0-2
vs New Radiant (1st)
G: Amdaan Rasheed
DC: Ahmed Waheed/Husny Rasheed/Moosa Hassan
DM: Mohamed Irufaan
M: Mohamed Visham/Ahmed Aiman/Ibrahim Ali
AMC: Abdulla Zubair
S: Mohamed Farish Ibrahim/Hassan Athif
Do I care about this match? Not really.
13 -
Irufaan to
Athif to
Ali diagonal, our right wing in the box, dribbling until he pops a shot in
1-0
34 - Whatever
1-1
38 -
Waheed intercepts the clearance and centers to
Zubair in the half-circle. Pass to
Ali, and there's his second goal
2-1
47 - A ton of defenders in the area, so
Zubair grounds right across the pitch to
Ali. Dribble and perfect pop ball into the box for
Adam to pile in an insurance goal
3-1
58 -
Yamin for
Moosa Hassan and
Mohamed Hassan for
Aiman
PotM and 9.4 for
Ibrahim Ali, 7.7 for
Ali Adam, and 7.4 for
Hussain Athif as we just upset the titans of Maldivian soccer!!!! In doing so, we crack the door open for
Victory (MDV) to win the title and snap
New Radiant's 5 year stranglehold on the league. And the Red & Yellow do it, capturing both the league title and the [b]President's Cup/b] for the double!
We get our own great end season news.
Awesome.
Mohamed Farish Ibrahim wins his second straight Team Player of the Year Award, 34% to
Ali Adam's 28% and
Ibrahim Ali's 24%.
Our defense needs a *lot* of work. Problem is, the country is lacking in quality defenders overall.
Beautiful on the other side of the pitch.
Ibrahim Ali proved worth every single dollar of that $95 P/A we paid him and then some.