FIFA WORLD CUP FRANCE '98 - Continental Qualification

SYRIA VS MALDIVES REPUBLIC				12:0 (7:0)
AFC	04 JUNE 1997	DAMASCUS, SYR	17:30 HRS.	15,000

MATCH SUMMARY:
ABBASIEN STADIUM

SYRIA: 1 BERAKDAR Maher; 5 JABBAN Tarek; 21 SROUR Bashar; 4 ABBAS Hassan; 6 DIB Ali Cheikh; 17 RYHAWI Amar; 18 BAYAZID Al-Said; 14 ZAHER Khaled; 7 RIFAI Abdul Kader; 8 BOSHI Nihad; 16 JOKHADAR Nader SUBSTITUTES: 24 BITAR Salem; 10 AFASH Mohamad Nasser; 20 AL-ABRASH Radwan; 9 TALEB Louay; 2 SIBAI Yasser; 15 KERAH ALI Ghassan; 11 KERDOCHLL Ahmad COACH: MALDIVES REPUBLIC: 1 ASLAM ABDUL Raheem; 9 MOHAMED AHMED Amir; 11 MOOSA Mohamed; 7 MOOSA Manik; 3 ALI Shahin; 15 IBRAHIM Rasheed; 4 MOHAMED Ibrahim; 12 ISMAIL Asif; 13 ASHRAF Luthfy; 17 ISMAIL Mahfooz; 2 AHMED Azmoon SUBSTITUTES: 21 MOHAMED Iqbal; 10 MOHAMED Nizam; 14 AHMED Haleem; 19 ALI Rasheed; 6 SHAH Ismail; 16 HASSAN Nashid; 5 ISMAIL Anil COACH: CORTEZ Romulo
SCORERS:	Syria: 7' BAYAZID Al-Said; 9' JOKHADAR Nader; 10' RIFAI Abdul Kader; 12' JABBAN Tarek; 13' BAYAZID Al-Said; 21' SROUR Bashar; 37' JOKHADAR Nader; 49' ZAHER Khaled; 70' BOSHI Nihad; 78' JABBAN Tarek; 79' BOSHI Nihad; 89' JOKHADAR Nader Maldives Republic: -
REFEREE:	MOHAMED SALEH Esa (UAE)
ASSISTANT REFEREES:	TSAREGRADSKI Serguei (KAZ) SINGH Gajendra Man (NPL)
SUBSTITUTIONS:	Syria: 46' in KERDOCHLL Ahmad out RYHAWI Amar; 57' in TALEB Louay, SIBAI Yasser out SROUR Bashar, RIFAI Abdul Kader Maldives Republic: 16' in MOHAMED Nizam out ASHRAF Luthfy; 46' in SHAH Ismail out ISMAIL Asif; 61' in ISMAIL Anil out ISMAIL Mahfooz
CAUTIONS:	Syria: - Maldives Republic: 19' MOHAMED Ibrahim; 59' ASLAM ABDUL Raheem
EXPULSIONS:	Syria: - Maldives Republic: - ** () beside name indicates 2^nd yellow card expulsion. (*) indicates direct expulsion (red card).