Thursday, August 20, 2009

[football] Syria Pips Kyrgyzstan To Go To Top


Syria defeated Kyrgyzstan 2-0 in their first match of the tournament to got to the top of the table. Syria, the highest ranked team in the tournament and the last time's runners up, went ahead at the 9th minute through a strike by Mohammed Al Zeno. Syria dominated the proceeding throughout and doubled their lead at the 72nd minute when Abdul Fattah Alaga scored a goal.

Tomorrow, Lebanon will play Srilanka in their second match.

points tally:

Syria: 3 (GD +2)
Lebanon: 3 (GD +1)
Sri Lanks: 0 (GD 0)
India: 0 (GD-1)
Kyrgyzstan: 0 (GD -2)

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