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Palestine Wins Second Match Against Maldives

Adhuham 3 hours ago 1 min read
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Palestine defeated the Maldives youth national team 3–0 in their second friendly, ahead of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers.

Palestine also won the first friendly match played between the two teams, securing a 5–0 victory.

In last night's match played at the Galolhu National Stadium, Palestine scored two of their three goals in the first half, adding another in the second half.

Yazan Anan Khalifa gave the team the lead in the seventh minute of the match. The second goal scored by Palestine in the final minute of the first half was an own goal turned in by the Maldives' Ibrahim Mijwad Shaheem.

Palestine's third goal in the match was netted in the 84th minute by Karim Youssef Al-Khatib, who came on as a substitute in the second half.

The warm-up matches gave both squads valuable experience ahead of their qualification campaigns.

The Maldives is placed in Group B of the qualifiers, alongside hosts Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, and Iraq.

Meanwhile, Palestine is competing in Group F. With their group matches set to be played in Malaysia, the other teams in the group are India, Singapore, and Guam.