"Nothing venture, nothing gain". The Referees Director decision of trying out new breed of referees was successful. Ahmed Afsah, another AFC Project Future participants was tried out for the first time in his first debut in the Wataniya Dhivehi League Division I match with AYL playing Kalhaidhoo last night (27 August 2009). Although the match ended with AYL leading 4 -0, it was not a one sided match as Kalhaidhoo, a financially troubled side gave a strong fight before going down.
Afsah, has a strong character, calm in his personality, decisive and firm in his decision with loud and clear whistling. He was mobile in his movement but need to improve in his sprints. His decisions were well accepted and this includes his cards shown. With the cooperation of players and team officials football fans can look forward to having more new young referees to take charge of the games in future with young referees like Basil Nafees, Ismail Izhaan, Ahmed Afsah and Ahmed Shifan budding into good future referees.
Football Association of Maldives will be running a new referee basic course in October (19 - 26) 2009 in Male'. The aim of this course is to recruit more young referees to act as back-up squad for the senior referees who will retiring in the future. Participation forms can be obtained at the FAM House. Only 30 participants will be registered for the course.
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