Palestine defeated Yemen by 1-0 in an international friendly yesterday as part of their preparations ahead of AFC Asian Cup Qualifier against Maldives.
Palestine recorded a goalless draw against Maldives in AFC Challenge Cup back in 2014 has invited players playing in foreign leagues for the vital clash in Male’ on next Tuesday
Meanwhile, Maldives has started their preparations for the game on Sunday.
This has been touted as an important fixture in the football calendar, but we are going to play this match without a vital friendly — a precondition for many a nations to access the present condition of the team. Aren’t we pre-empting our chances at it, if at all, there is any? Palestine on good form and fresh from a confidence-boosting win over Yemen they will go hard on us knowing well we have newly installed, inexperienced goalkeeper yet to get a feel of a competitive game and can easily exploit our defensive disarrsy. A dreadful senario nonetheless for any keeper to be in. And not the ideal start the coach looking for.