Asian Qualifiers - WC 2010 [R]

[Suprah]

Kyrgyzstan 2-0 Jordan today...seems a surprise result coz we beat Kyrgyzstan last year in the AFC Challenge Cup


never say never in football

[Rostam]

Kyrgyzstan 2-0 Jordan today...seems a surprise result coz we beat Kyrgyzstan last year in the AFC Challenge Cup


never say never in football

And Jordan beat us last time round in the WCQs. You really shouldn't say never in football, but at least we got them back to the dismay of their dwarf like king.

[Suprah]

Ahmed Yar added that the players were shy when we started the Camp at Islamabad during Ramzan as they had to face King of Asian Football. But the arrival of foreign-based players gave them sigh of relief and they are ready to face any kind of challenge. Pakistani team is well poised to give better display as compared to six matches in Asian Cup last year and there is no differences amongst players named for match. PFF's President Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat is providing every possible facility to the players and players are confidence to show something special against formidable team who came here as Asian Champion. Faisal's financial and morale support was a great boost for the team who wanted to bring laurels to the country. Under PFF chief's instructions, players have been given proper briefing about doping and diet.

Talking about his strategy about Monday's clash, Chaman-born Akhtar, said that they would depend on mix ploy of defence and offence as Iraq is a very strong opposition and we are down at 179 as compared to Iraq 's 65 in latest FIFA Ranking. We are eager to record win over them after a lapse of 38 years”.

[soheil86]

^^does paki wear sweden jerseys when they play?

[Suprah]

^^does paki wear sweden jerseys when they play?

lol...no

The guy wearing the shirt is Azeem Razwan of IFK Malmo, and looks like they just came back from training to attend press conference

[South Iraq]

The Iraqi squad that arrived to Lahore yesterday.

GK: Noor Sabri, Mohammed Gasid, Ahmad Ali.
Def: Haider Obead (Captin), Ali Hussein Erhayma, Bassim Abbas, Jassim Gholam, Nabeel Abbas, Khaldoon Ibrahim.
Mid: Qussay Muneer, Nashat Akram, Karrar Jassim, Samir Saeed, Mahdi Kareem, Hawar Mulla Mohamed.
Fwd: Emad Mohammed, Ahmad Salah, Ahmad Mnajid.

[Suprah]

Mongolia 1-4 Korea DPR
Timor-Leste 2-3 Hong Kong
Sri Lanka 0-1 Qatar

[Suprah]

Our cricket-friendly press and the 'Feds' tend to boast a bit too much about us


Pakistan-Iraq football qualifier match Pakistan, Iraq teams have tough training session



Sports Reporter

LAHORE: The visiting soccer team of the brother Muslim country Iraq Saturday had their training session here at the Model Town Football Academy Ground to prepare for the World Cup qualifier tie.Pakistan will take on Iraq in 19th World Cup Qualifier 2010 here at the Punjab Stadium at 7.30 pm on Monday (tomorrow). The Asian Champions Iraq arrived at Allama Iqbal Airport on Friday through Qatar Airways flight and rested in the hotel but hey had a tough training session on Saturday. The gold medallist in 14th Asian Cup, looked very fresh and agileand had different drills and seemed very skillful. Iraq, who lost to Qatar 2-3 recently in a friendly international, will be looking for a win against four-times SAF Gold medallist Pakistan in Asian Phase (Second Round- first leg).

The team management is going to hold a pre-match press conference in the afternoon today (Sunday).

Meanwhile, Pakistan soccer team also had a training session to give their strategy a final touch ahead of their tough tie. Pakistan team is boosted with the inclusion of six English players of Pakistan-origin and the combination is going to give a surprise to the visitors on Monday.

Manager Pakistan team Irfan Khan Niazi looked very confident and said that they would go all out to make their mark against the formidable Iraq team. He continued that the match against the champions is going to give a great boost to the Pakistan team as they will get a chance to play against he best opponents.

“We are looking forward to the match against Iraq and hope that our foreign-based players will provide their best ability,” he added.

Pakistan has included six foreign players in 25-member squad that included Birmingham-born Zeeshan, who is currently playing for Queen’s Park Rangers, midfielder Amjad Iqbal, defender Adam Luke Karim, midfielder Adnan Farooq Ahmed, striker Fouzal Azeem Bashir and striker Assad Ahmed.

Niazi admired President PFF Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat for providing every possible facility to the players and hoped that players are confident to show something special against formidable Iraqi team who came here as Asian Champion. “Faisal’s financial and morale support was a great boost for the team who wanted to bring laurels to the country,” he maintained.

To a question, he said that they would depend on defence and offense as Iraq is a very strong opposition and superior to them at number 65 as compared to them at 179 in latest FIFA Ranking.

The arrangements for the match are almost final while the event management is giving final touches to the arrangements at the venue. The Punjab stadium is going to be decorated with colourful buntings and hoardings. The entree to the stadium is going to be free for the spectators while the management is inviting hundreds of soccer lovers to come and watch the match and support Pakistan team.

[Rostam]

Man, that's sad, Suprah. Khoda biamorzatesh. It's a pity people die for senseless reasons like that. If you're against Bhutto, debate her and prove her wrong. Don't set off explosions and kill innocent people.

[Suprah]

http://www.persianfootball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51673

Man, that's sad, Suprah. Khoda biamorzatesh. It's a pity people die for senseless reasons like that. If you're against Bhutto, debate her and prove her wrong. Don't set off explosions and kill innocent people.

Its a chaotic mess back home. I dont know who's the enemy and what do they want and who is controlling them. I'm sick of the mess

[Rostam]

Maybe a Vatican-type deal should be given to Pakistan's most religious city (i.e.,
Peshawar or the frontier towards Afghanistan) to end this mess. The fanatical interpreters of Islam (i.e., The Taliban) don't want to see any sort of
modern or democratic progress in the country and are willing to kill innocent people to prevent it from happening. Maybe if something was done to disperse or
appease them the rest of the country could live in peace although corruption
in politics is another big problem.

I know this doesn't directly relate to football, but it is part of the reason the Pakistani footballer died. May he RIP.

[Suprah]

Maybe a Vatican-type deal should be given to Pakistan's most religious city (i.e.,
Peshawar or the frontier towards Afghanistan) to end this mess. The fanatical interpreters of Islam (i.e., The Taliban) don't want to see any sort of
modern or democratic progress in the country and are willing to kill innocent people to prevent it from happening. Maybe if something was done to disperse or
appease them the rest of the country could live in peace although corruption
in politics is another big problem.

I know this doesn't directly relate to football, but it is part of the reason the Pakistani footballer died. May he RIP.

Trust me there are no 'religious' cities per se here in Pakistan. The Taliban mess is going around in the Waziristan tribal agency and its more or less confined there.

Plus the ultra-right religious government of the MMA in the province of NWFP is now out of power after the Governor dissolved the provincial assembly and quit frankly even the MMA was hated for its stupidity and nonsensical laws among even the most religious of Pasthuns/Pathans there. The upcoming elections will the see the more secular left-wing parties winning the elections and then solving this mess of radical madrassa teens causing nonsense in the cities.

[Suprah]

just thought to add some old pics from 1997

[Suprah]

If anyone is interested to see the game today, here are the live streaming links for today via Norway's NRK2 channel that will cover the game in Lahore.

http://www.rojadirecta.com/canal/nrk2_hq.asx - 1 Mbps
http://www.rojadirecta.com/canal/nrk2_mq.asx - 600 kbps
http://www.rojadirecta.com/canal/nrk2_lq.asx - 200 kbps

Kickoff's at 1930 PST (1530 UK time). Anyone wanna record it ?

p.s. game has already started and there is something wrong with PTV back home. They cant get the match.

[South Iraq]

Half Time
Pakistan 0 - Iraq 2 (Nashat Akram & Mahdi Kareem)