مالدیو مقابل لبنان

Lebanon delivered a brutal final warm-up statement, tearing apart Maldives 6-0 in Bishkek. The game turned inside the opening quarter-hour when Samooh Ali was sent off in the 11th minute for a foul near his own box, leaving Maldives to play almost the entire match a man short with little hope of containing the damage. Husseyn Chakroun ran riot with a first-half hat-trick, striking in the 2nd, 35th and 40th minutes to put the game out of reach before the break. Maldives' misery deepened just after half-time when Rasheed turned the ball into his own net in the 51st minute. Ali Kassas added a fifth in the 82nd minute, and Lebanon rounded things off with a sixth goal deep into stoppage time. For Lebanon, it was the perfect send-off, a statement of attacking depth and ruthlessness heading into their next assignments. For Maldives, the red card and subsequent collapse expose defensive fragility that will worry their coaching staff, with the team unable to create any meaningful response once reduced to ten men.