KARACHI: Strongly backed by referees, Chaman’s Afghan FC beat star-studded National Bank 1-0 while Karachi Port Trust (KPT) overwhelmed Police 2-1 in matches of the 8th Pakistan Premier Football League held at the Sadiq Shaheed Stadium in Quetta on Monday.
Afghan FC, who have won 90 percent of their home matches in the Premier League with the support of referees and a fanatic crowd, continued to inflate their points tally when they downed strong National Bank by a slender margin in front of a packed stadium.
Captain Jadeed Khan Pathan produced the winner in the 61st minute that also took their tally to 35 points from 16 games, just below second-placed PIA on goal-difference. National Bank coach Nasir Ismail blamed partial refereeing for his team’s defeat.
“It was not a proper match because it was a fight between 14 and 11. It was a big off-side but still the referee awarded goal to Afghan FC. The authorities should tell me why FIFA referees have refused to supervise those matches involving Afghan FC. If the matches of Karachi, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi are being supervised by neutral referees why local referees are being installed here, particularly in the matches of Afghan FC,” Nasir told ‘The News’ from Quetta.
“Sardar Hanif, Mohammad Arshad and Ubaidullah supervised our match and handed victory to their own team,” Nasir alleged. “There are no security arrangements here. Only one person was supporting our team and survived an injury when he was shielded at the right time by the KPT players when the local crowd tried to throw him down the stands,” Nasir said.
The loss left National Bank at 31 points from 19 appearances. Meanwhile in another match, KPT recovered from 0-1 down to defeat newly-promoted Police 2-1 to take their points to 27 from 19 matches.
Police, under coach Akber Raisani, broke the deadlock in the 45th minute through Mohammad Zarif. However, soon after the breather, Naveed Ahmad brought an equaliser for KPT with a decent field effort. At this stage, a gruelling fight was witnessed between the two equally balanced sides but it were KPT that took the decisive lead when Jamal Uddin beat the goalie through a pile-driver from distance.
The defeat left Police struggling with 15 points from 17 meetings.
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if national bank has been beateb by afghan FC on their own ground with the help of reffrees,is there any1 who can answer me that the same national bank has been beated by afghan FC in karachi on the NB OWN GROUND???WAS THAT ALSO WITH THE HELP OF CROWED OR REFREES??? no actually chaman is now a famouse place and created wounderfull players in last some yrs,which is not tolreated by some football mafia including some racist thugs from our own province!!
afghan fc’s crowd the best crowd in pakistan he is lying kaminaaaaaaaaa
Nasir Ismail is totally being biased in his thinking after losing the game. He needs to first learn what are rules of football before blaming refrees or any one. As a professional he must learn to accept defeat and work hard to give improve show. Suppose if his NBP won then he would not have blamed refrees or crowd. This shows how incompetent and inefficent he is.
afghan was not only good against (n b p) but they played good against all teams. afghan not only in quetta but they played good in all pakistan. afghan only one match lose in 17 . the are on position 2 in all 14 teams . it,s the clear evidence that afghan was not playing with 14 players. when ever any team lose the match they try to find the way or to show their image good FATEH KHAN FROM QUETTA