FULL TIME: Sri Lanka 4-3 Lebanon

Saturday, 22. August 2009 - IndianFootball.Com reporter

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Sri Lanka 4-3 Lebanon
Goals: 1-0 Mohamed Naufar Mohamed Issadeen (6'), 1-1 Akram Moghrabi (9'), 1-2 Ali Al Saadi (45'+1'), 2-2 Mohamed Naufar Mohamed Issadeen (80'), 3-2 Siyaguna Kosgodage Chatura Maduranga Weerasinghe (83'), 4-2 Mohamed Naufar Mohamed Issadeen (88'), 4-3 Mohamad Korhani (90'+7')


Venue
Dr. Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi



LIVE TEXT

90'+8' FULL TIME

90'+7' GOAL LEBANON
8-Mohamad Korhani
Korhani easily slots in the penalty...

90'+6' RED CARD
5-H. A. D. W. Hettiarachchi (Sri Lanka)

90'+5' El Atat enters the SL box and he's brought down by H. A. D. W. Hettiarachchi... penalty...

90'+3' the Sri Lankan team is looking forward to the final whistle...

90' ADDED TIME: 6 MINUTES

88' GOAL SRI LANKA
6-Mohamed Naufar Mohamed Issadeen
This is crazy!!! Sri Lanka score once again... the ball reaches Issadeen and the striker turns around two defenders a slots the ball in!

88' Sri Lanka is close to pull a surprise here at the Dr. Ambedkar Stadium...

83' GOAL SRI LANKA
7-Siyaguna Kosgodage Chatura Maduranga Weerasinghe
What a show by the Sri Lankans!!! Fantasic ball by Weerasinghe to the right flank just to receive the resulting cross and volley it into the Lebanese net!!!

80' GOAL SRI LANKA
6-Mohamed Naufar Mohamed Issadeen
Another long-ranger by Siyaguna Kosgodage Chatura Maduranga Weerasinghe.... the keeper manages a save, but the ball reaches Issadeen and he cooly converts the scoring opportunity...

78' what a chance for Sri Lanka....!!! Siyaguna Kosgodage Chatura Maduranga Weerasinghe shots from the border of the box... the ball hits the post... the ball falls to Wella Hettige Chathura Gunaratne... Gunaratne is infront of an empty goal... but he shots directly towards the on-rushing keeper...!

76' SUBSTITUTION SRI LANKA
OUT: 14-Mohamed Asmeer
IN: 17-Warnakulasuriya Arachchige Tharusha Rangana

73' freekick for Lebanon... taken by Al Saadi... great freekick, but also a great save by the SL keeper!

72' SUBSTITUTION LEBANON
OUT: 7-Hassan Maatouk
IN: 16-Mohamad Baker Younes

71' another bad offside trap by the Sri Lankans... but Kumara comes in rescue to clear the situation...

69' Lebanon on the attack... long ball to the left flank... Korhani delivers a ball into the box, but it's cleared by the Lankans...

67' SUBSTITUTION LEBANON
OUT: 15-Ali Yaakoub
IN: 14-Amer Khan

65' Channa to Gunaratne... pass to the center... but Issadeen misses the chance to equalize...

62' SUBSTITUTION LEBANON
OUT: 18-Hamze Abboud
IN: 4-Hussein Amine

60' Channa lays off Wella Hettige Chathura Gunaratne.. Gunaratne is on the left flank... his cross is easily picked down by Freije...

56' Hassan Maatouk starts a great solo run through midfield... the Lebanese player enters the box... Kumara comes out of his goal and denies the attacking player from an attempt on target...

55' long ball to Channa... Channa lays off the ball to Issadeen... back to Channa in the box.... Channa shots... wide... he should have done better...

52' YELLOW CARD
10-Ediri Bandalage Channa

51' a good chance for Sri Lanka... good cross from the right and Ediri Bandalage Channa is there to put up a good header... but it's over the crossbar...

49' freekick for Lebanon on the right flank... the freekick comes in... the ball falls to Al Saadi, but the Lebanese player is denied a shot on target!

47' throw-in for SL... taken quickly... Wella Hettige Chathura Gunaratne sends in a cross, but the ball changes the direction and causes some worrying seconds for the Lebanese keeper... but the ball is wide...

46' KICK-OFF 2nd HALF

45'+1' GOAL LEBANON
2-Ali Al Saadi
freekick for Lebanon... the ball comes... Maatouk's freekick sails through the SL box and keeper Kumara misjudges the ball... Al Saadi is there to come up with an easy header... 2-1 in favour of Lebanon...

41' RED CARD
13-Akram Moghrabi (Lebanon)
air-battle between a SL player and Akram Moghrabi... the Lankan pushes the Lebanese player in the air... Moghrabi kicks the SL player and the Lankan goes down like a top class actor...

41' the game has lost it's early pace, but it's still an entertaining and interesting match at the Dr. Ambedkar Stadium...

39' great long ball by SL skipper Siyaguna Kosgodage Chatura Maduranga Weerasinghe... header by Channa... wide...

38' the corner comes in.. Kumara misses the ball and the chance to score for Korhani... but his free header is over the bar...

36' the resulting freekick is taken... the shots is deflected by the wall... corner...

36' YELLOW CARD
2-R. N. A. M. A. B. Warakagoda (Sri Lanka)

34' good through ball to Mohamed Naufar Mohamed Issadeen... Issadeen attempts a shot from just outside the box... over the crossbar...

32' the corner is taken, but quickly cleared by the Sri Lankans...

32' Maatouk coming over left... delivers a pass to Mahmoud El Ali... El Ali shots... saved by Kumara for a corner...

31' long ball into the SL half... offside by Maatouk...

30' another good attack by Sri Lanka... Mohamed Rawme Mohideen down the right flank... the cross comes in, but none of the Lankan teammates are there to receive the ball...

28' the resulting corner is waisted by the Lebanese players...

27' through ball to Hamze Abboud... Abboud on the right... goes to the center... he reaches the box... shots... great save by Kumara... corner...

26' Akram Moghrabi receives a long ball... but his attempt is poor and easily picked up by the SL keeper...

23' ball through to El Ali... but the Lebanese striker is offside...

22' long-ranger by Wella Hettige Chathura Gunaratne... but an easy save for Lebanese goalkeeper Elias Freije...

20' the Sri Lankan goalkeeper comes out of his goal to clear the ball... he's out of the box and kicks the ball directly towards Lebanon's Maatouk... Maatouk takes a long-ranger... it misses the target...

19' Sri Lanka looking quite impressive so far!

18' Ediri Bandalage Channa takes the freekick... directly on target... the ball hits the post!!!

17' freekick for Sri Lanka.. to be taken by Channa..

16'  great through ball into the SL box... this could be a chance for Lebanon to take the lead... but the defence manages to clear the situation before Hassan Maatouk can attempt a shot on target!

14' Hassan Maatouk receives the ball on the left flank... the Lebanese player is denied any further action by the SL defence...

12' LEB in possesion... on to the right flank... intercepted by the Sri Lankans... counter-attack SL... Issadeen over left.. great solo run... attempts a shot on target... but it's wide...

11' an entertaining start to this match...

9' GOAL LEBANON
13-Akram Moghrabi
Lebanon over the right flank... the cross comes in... Moghrabi with a header... it's in!

7' GOAL SRI LANKA
6-Mohamed Naufar Mohamed Issadeen
Ediri Bandalage Channa on the right flank...back to the midfield... through ball back to Channa... Channa passes to Mohamed Naufar Mohamed Issadeen... Issadeen slots in the ball into the LEB goal...

6' freekick for LEB.. taken by Ali Al Saadi... wide...

5' LEB coming over the right flank... good cross by Abboud... but easily saved by SL keeper Kumara

4' long ball into the SL box... but Mahmoud El Ali is ruled offside...

4' throw-in for LEB... keeping possesion in their own half

2' Mohamed Asmeer should be ok in a few moments...

2' a SL player is down with an early injury...

0' KICK-OFF... taken by Lebanon

0' Sri Lanka to in sky blue jerseys, while the Lebanon will take on the Lankans in their red jerseys...

0' the Sri Lankan national anthem is played

0' the Lebanese national anthem is played

0' the teams enter the pitch to the sounds of the FIFA anthem and line-up for the national anthems...

0' the match was originally scheduled to take place yesterday... but it had to be postponed due to heavy rains...

0' Both teams warming up at the Dr. Ambedkar Stadium...



Sri Lanka
21-H. M. A. Kumara; 19-Ramlan Tuwan Gafoor Raheem, 5-H. A. D. W. Hettiarachchi, 2-R. N. A. M. A. B. Warakagoda, 4-Well Don Rohana Dinesh Ruwanthilaka; 7-Siyaguna Kosgodage Chatura Maduranga Weerasinghe [C], 33-Mohamed Rawme Mohideen, 25-Wella Hettige Chathura Gunaratne, 14-Mohamed Asmeer (76' 17-Warnakulasuriya Arachchige Tharusha Rangana); 6-Mohamed Naufar Mohamed Issadeen, 10-Ediri Bandalage Channa

Unused Substitutes:
1-Asanka Viraj, 8-Amarasinghe Arachchige Sanjaya Pradeep Kumara, 9-S. Sanjeev, 16-S. K. Lahiru Tharaka Silva, 20-B. A. R. Jayawila, 18-R. M. J. D. Rathnayake


Lebanon
21-Elias Freije, 19-Ali Hamam, 24-Bilal Cheikh El Najjarine [C], 2-Ali Al Saadi, 8-Mohamad Korhani; 6-Ali El Atat, 18-Hamze Abboud (62' 4-Hussein Amine), 7-Hassan Maatouk (72' 16-Mohamad Baker Younes), 15-Ali Yaakoub (67' 14-Amer Khan), 17-Mahmoud El Ali, 13-Akram Moghrabi

Unused Substitutes:
1-Lary Mehanna, 5-Hassan Daher, 9-Hussein Dakik, 10-Abbas Ahmad Atwi, 22-Mohamad Ghaddar


Yellow Cards: R. N. A. M. A. B. Warakagoda (36'), Ediri Bandalage Channa (52', both Sri Lanka)

Red Card: Akram Moghrabi (41', Lebanon)


Referee: Arumughan Rowan (India)
Assistant Referees: Mohamed Kamil (India), Fernandes Francisco (India)
Fourth Official: Pratap Singh (India)
Match Commissioner: Chuang Chin Fan (Chinese Taipei)



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