Coach Istvan Urbanyi said that Oppo is having some injury problems and due to that his performance was not good in the league. “Oppo is a good player but he is having some injuries and still he needs time to recover. He didn’t perform well in the last matches of the league as well.”
He also said he has included the veteran play maker Ali Umar based on the performance in the league and AFC Cup. “I have included Ali Umar based on his performance in the league and also in AFC Cup. He has performed very well not even this year but also in last year. He deserved a place in the squad this time.” “I need some young skillful players and also some experience players.”
Urbanyi also said that he will trim the squad to 20 players after the training camp in Thailand.
“We will trim the squad to 20 players after the training camp in Thailand. I will include three goal keepers in the final squad.” He also said that Ahmed Niyaz (niya) was included in the squad based on his performance this year.
Maldives are grouped with Bhutan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in the SAARC mega event.
Selected players are as follows:
Imran Mohamed, Mohamed Shifan, Mohamed Umair, Akram Abdul Ganee, Ali Ashfag, Rilwan Waheed, Ali Fasir, Ahmed Niyaz, Ahmed Abdullah, Ali Umar, Moosa Yaamin, Hussain Niyaz Mohamed, Ismail Easa, Mohamed Imran, Shaflu Ahmed, Mohamed Rasheed, Asadulla Abdhulla, Ahmed Rasheed, Ahmed Naseed, Mohamed Arif, Ibrahim Ifrah Arif, Hassan Adhuham, Ahmed Zaadh, Mohamed Faisal, Ahmed Imaaz
Maldives are also going to Thailand for a camp before coming to Kathmandu for the championship.
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