Trio at their Best to set Benchmark

Dhivehi Football League commenced with the MILO Charity Shield 2010 on the 11 March 2010. VB Sports Club and Victory Sports Club gave their best performance and won the heart of the football fans. Quick exchange of attacks and five goals scored were the ingredients of an entertaining match. Trio AFC Elite Match Officials, Ali Saleem, Ahmed Ameez and Ibrahim Thaufeeq shown a superb performance. Ali Saleem was always on top of the game with his fast movement and good anticipation. His decisions were mostly accepted with two penalty awarded with no protest. Both his assistants were also always up with play and showed full concentration and assistance to the referee. FAM hopes that this performance from the trio will be a good benchmark to all other referees in their duties in this season. AFC Elite Fourth Official, Ali Adil also made his presence felt in the match. Many junior referees will given their break in this league to perform and to improve further in their career. The cooperation from the players, team officials and football fans in absorbing mistakes (if any) in the aim to assist in development of referees in this country. Thus, the vision to see a Maldivian referee in the World Cup will a reality.