From our Lahore Correspondent
PIA defender Muhammad Haji has been ruled out for 6 weeks after injuring knee ligaments during training yesterday at MTFA/MTFC Ground in Lahore with Pakistan team.
The captain-elect for this Pakistan U21 National Team will hence miss the pending Thailand tour and subsequent Olympic qualifiers against Malaysia as a result.
The news is definitely a blow for the team as well as coach Tariq Lutfi, who is also head coach of PIA football team, as Muhammad Haji was to be a vital member for the youthful team.
We at FootballPakistan.Com (FPDC) wish Muhammad Haji a speedy recovery and hope that the Pak team will not lose heart in the subsequent games they will play in Feb-March 2011.
i hope he has a mri so that real damage can be assessed.
he should stay with the team at all costs.
Why? He’s injured. Let him go home.
he is u21
this is a free country!
That is disputable.
the FREEDOM where you live is debatable sidd
Of course. I never said it wasn’t.
haji has matured into a good defender
more of a playmaker
needed to keep the ball down and feed it well to mf players.
thats his plus point and heading to.
what i question is his tackling power.
speed at international level?
i think he can be more successful if he is used as makelele at international level rather then central defender
i hope gauhar and nasir can agree on this and use him in mid march onwards at that role!
Agreed. Faisal Bhai, who would you call a good central defender in the PPL? Who is there that has good marking, positioning, tackling, heading, ball control, and passing?