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| Wright celebrates his goal in the first half |
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Male’, MALDIVES – Ahmed Thoriq (Tom) marked his return to old club New Radiant with a second half goal and another assist to help New Radiant win the encounter against AYL by 4-1 tonight. Shinaz Hilmy gave the lead in the 2nd minute and Wright doubled it at the stroke of first half.
Faisal’s cross in the second half reached Shinaz with a slight header from Wright and his left footed shot found the net beating keeper Fairooz.
New Radiant completely dominated the first half and they could have scored more goals if they managed to convert all that open chances.
In the 11th minute Wright beat the whole defense of AYL but not keeper Fairooz and Shinaz shot the rebounded ball but hit the post.
In the 33rd minute Wright once again escaped the defenders and even beat Fairooz but then saw his shot blocked by a defender.
But five minutes later Wright doubled the lead, this time he shot the ball to the goal after Shinaz provided the assist.
Ten minutes after the break AYL cut the deficit after Muhaimin scored from the spot when Habeeb was fouled inside the penalty area.
Tom put New Radiant in the safe zone in the 74th minute after he scored from the spot when Shinaz was fouled just inside the penalty area.
Two minutes before full time, Tom supplied a good ball to Shiyam (Dhona) to seal the win.
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