Maldives vs Lebanon 0-6

Lebanon beat Maldives 6-0 in Bishkek, with H. Chakroun’s first-half hat-trick doing most of the damage and S. Ali’s red card in the 11th minute leaving Maldives a man short for almost the whole match. The visitors were 3-0 up by half-time and kept adding to the score after the break.

Chakroun opened the scoring in the 3rd minute from H. Srour’s assist, then made it 2-0 in the 36th minute from J. Kazan’s pass. He completed his hat-trick on 42 minutes, and Lebanon reached the interval 3-0 ahead.

Maldives briefly cut the deficit on 52 minutes when A. Rasheed put through his own net for Lebanon, making it 3-1, but Lebanon answered again in the 83rd minute through A. Kassas, who was set up by W. Fawaz, to make it 4-1. A goal three minutes into stoppage time sealed the result at 5-1, and Lebanon finished with six goals in the record.

The scoreboard told the story, and no further statistics were provided on possession, passes, shots, corners or expected goals.

S. Ali was the only player sent off, in the 11th minute. Lebanon had one yellow card, shown in the 73rd minute.