Because of no broadcast of the game between Pakistan and Turkmenistan today in 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers Group B, at MBJP Stadium in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, we have to rely on live text and score updates. Match kicked off at 1 PM PST (GMT+5).
Live score updates on http://www.futbol24.com/Live/ and http://www.facebook.com/footballpakistan
Pakistan line-up: Muhammad Omer (GK); Faisal Iqbal, Zesh Rehman, Samar Ishaq (C), Muhammad Adil; Adnan Ahmed, Atif Bashir, Abdul Aziz (VC), Rizwan Asif; Muhammad Qasim, Arif Mehmood.
Turkmenistan took 1-0 lead after 7 minutes from a right wing cross. Score remains such at half time.
Pakistan missed 3 glorious chances to score because of poor finishing. Such a continued poor form up front puts the capabilities of our misfiring strikers into further questioning.
Turkmenistan score just a minute into second half. 2-0 up now. This will be a long long disappointing game for us (as always).
Akhtar Mohiuddin, George Kottan, and now Tariq Lutfi. All three seeing disappointing results as our AFC Challenge Cup qualification jinx continues. If Pakistan want to salvage anything yet, they must win their remaining two games against India (23 March) and Chinese Taipei (25 March).
Pakistan once again missing chances. Three more chances go begging in 2nd half, including a Zesh Rehman header come crashing off the cross bar! Just 15 minutes left in the game.
3-0 in 87th minute to Turkmenistan. Good bye Challenge Cup it seems!
Our Lahore staffer Gauhar Mahmood Azeem expressed his disappointment with team selection, citing the fact that Muhammad Adil – a central midfielder – was used as a left back putting him and his team in a severe disadvantage dealing with Turkmen wing play. Sometimes it seems certain players are played no matter what.
Gosh, I was waiting to watch the match live somewhere on the internet :(
You can say that again :(
Half Time Score Turkmenistan 1 – 0 Pakistan
Turkmenistan took the lead in the 7th minute
it is now 2-0
it is 3-0 :(
PFF Please Remove Assistants Nasir, Gohar and Aslam. They are vulnerable and of no use.
3-0 FULL TIME
Good bye AFC Challenge cup
The Strikers are always a concern.
We should have quality finishers (Over-sea players in the front line).
I knew this was going to happen because of the squad! !
We need 5 to 6 over-sea players in the playing XI……….. sum1 pls listen 2 wat i’ve been crying 4…
mmm, i still hope that pakistan has best side and have the cabability to win the remaining two matches,
i think pakistan never have such a balance side, and i am sure if our attack converty the chances into goals we can beat teams in asia, but still i will say,
we desporately need to converty and avail chances into goals.
i have seen many matches of pakistan football team all i know it that we have poor finishing,
we desporately need to improve our poor finishing, and we have only that major problem, and the poof of this is that we are losing the matches for the last many years just because of that, i dont think that an forein coach or funds have great involment to produce good results,
WE ONLY NEED TO IMPORVE OUR POOR FINISH, WE HAVE TO WORK HARD ON THAT,
AND I CAN GIVE YOU GURANTEE IF OUR ATTACK CLIK WE CAN WIN THIS QUALIFIERS.
BEST OF LUCK TEAM PAKISTAN.
ASLAM (FROM LAHORE PAKISTAN
Also, a few warm-up matches by the same playing XI would have helped alot…. i mean really a lot.
you will see that the same team will improve as they play more matches but by the time they REALLY improve, it will be too late !!!!!
Coach changed Muhammad Umer in 78th minute and Pakistan then conceded 3rd goal. i think Umer should give full match. Abdul Aziz was replaced in 29th by Kaleem Ullah.
dear brothers
We need quality foreign based strikers. Only 2 but there should be quality plus this team contained many foreign based players yet the result was disaapointing. They must give the coaching back to SHARIDA like attack-defence coaches. i have seen Atif,zesh, kashif siddiqui ,adnan. To be competitive Pakistan must do away with their amateur style PFF league. football is no joke and to score a goal is just seems a dream with the present set-up. I dont think Pak can win against INDIA and they might win against Taipei. Indian team is coming after the experience of Asian Cup and i fear an on-slaught. Good luck Pakistan. I just pray Pakistan to score some goals, results dont matter. also Arif mehmood who scores at will against weaker oppositions in PFF tournaments is highly disappointing. The best defence is to attack on counter and than take the pressure . Guys u must agree Atleast India and Turkmenistan have professional set-ups. LUTFI cant do much neither u have to blame the assistants gohar bhai,nasir bhai and GK coach Aslam. They have their limitations. In the end i really hope that they pull off a surprise against INDIA>Support football and dont ever loose hope dear