Hosted in the city of Yazd in neighbouring Iran, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-13 Festival of Football began with Pakistan U13 team playing two matches today recording impressive results.
In first game, Pak U13 boys beat Nepal U13 2-0 to get off to a flying start with a well-deserved win. The second game of the day saw Pakistan U13 hold a gutsy Bangladesh U13 side 2-2 to record a share of the spoils. Malir native Salman Rahim from Karachi is the captain of the Pak U13 side in the event.
Nine teams including Iran, hosts Yazd, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan are featuring in the two-week annual youth extravaganza that began on 17 May and ends on 23 May 2011.
In each match, a team will be required to field 11 players of the 22-man squad in the first half and the remaining 11 players in the second half in a bid to provide opportunity to all the players representing a side.
I agree 100%…The little local footballers of Pakistan are very good…They play draw with Iran at this level and after 10 years or so they r beaten by Iran senior or olympic team…why?????…because Irani littles are cared properly and our littles have no clear road map for future…It is very easy to establish an Academy with the help of some sponsor (or FIFA / AFC ) and keep these littles in football environment with caring of their education (which is the only main concern of parents)….but who will do this….Only the One who loves football and Pakistan in real sense……President PFF alongwith GS should look towards this and use one of FIFA project on this side……Here in Syria ,they got 2 artificial playing fields from FIFA Goal project…Only after convincing FIFA….And our President is very intelligent to do this via FIFA and AFC……The performance of senior team is the only evaluation of any federation…and our senior team can never beat Korea , Japan and Arabs despite best coach of world is coaching them…….Yes these little kids can beat them after 8 to 10 years…with their proper upbringing in a standard academy with standard(non safarshi) staff………..With bset wishes from Damascus…
very well said Mr Muslim Butt
can you tell what is the highest rank of Pakistan in Asia