FIFA WORLD CUP FRANCE '98 - Continental Qualification

MALDIVES REPUBLIC VS SYRIA				0:12 (0:1)
AFC	09 JUNE 1997	TEHERAN, IRN	17:00 HRS.	25,000

MATCH SUMMARY:
AZAD STADIUM

MALDIVES REPUBLIC: 1 ASLAM ABDUL Raheem; 9 MOHAMED AHMED Amir; 11 MOOSA Mohamed; 7 MOOSA Manik; 19 ALI Rasheed; 15 IBRAHIM Rasheed; 4 MOHAMED Ibrahim; 6 SHAH Ismail; 10 MOHAMED Nizam; 5 ISMAIL Anil; 2 AHMED Azmoon SUBSTITUTES: 21 MOHAMED Iqbal; 20 MAUSOON Ghafoor; 14 AHMED Haleem; 12 ISMAIL Asif; 13 ASHRAF Luthfy; 16 HASSAN Nashid; 8 AHMED Siraj COACH: CORTEZ Romulo SYRIA: 24 BITAR Salem; 5 JABBAN Tarek; 15 KERAH ALI Ghassan; 4 ABBAS Hassan; 6 DIB Ali Cheikh; 2 SIBAI Yasser; 9 TALEB Louay; 14 ZAHER Khaled; 19 AGHA Aref; 8 BOSHI Nihad; 16 JOKHADAR Nader SUBSTITUTES: 21 SROUR Bashar; 17 RIHAWI Ammar; 1 RIFAI Abdul Kader; 11 KERDOCHLL Ahmad; 20 ABRASH Redwan; 18 BAYAZID Al-Said COACH: CORNIN Yury
SCORERS:	Maldives Republic: - Syria: 24' AGHA Aref; 50' AGHA Aref; 55' DIB Ali Cheikh; 60' TALEB Louay; 62' BAYAZID Al-Said; 63' BAYAZID Al-Said; 66' RIHAWI Ammar; 80' ABRASH Redwan; 85' ZAHER Khaled; 87' BAYAZID Al-Said; 89' ZAHER Khaled; 90' ABRASH Redwan
REFEREE:	ABDULLAH Mohamed Nazri (MYS)
ASSISTANT REFEREES:	ABD. RAZAK UMAR Abd. Razak (IDN) AKRABIAN Hagob (LIB)
SUBSTITUTIONS:	Maldives Republic: 20' in MOOSA Mohamed out AHMED Haleem; 67' in ISMAIL Asif out ISMAIL Anil; 81' in MAUSOON Ghafoor out SHAH Ismail Syria: 39' in BAYAZID Al-Said out JOKHADAR Nader; 55' in RIHAWI Ammar out ABBAS Hassan; 63' in ABRASH Redwan out DIB Ali Cheikh
CAUTIONS:	Maldives Republic: - Syria: -
EXPULSIONS:	Maldives Republic: - Syria: - ** () beside name indicates 2^nd yellow card expulsion. (*) indicates direct expulsion (red card).