Pakistan failed to hold onto its 1-0 half time lead as Turkmenistan came from behind to win 2-1 at full time today, 2 November 2011, in the 2012 AFC U19 Championship qualifiers Group ‘C’ held at Takhti Stadium in Tehran, Iran.
The 1530 Iran Time (1700 PST) kick off saw Pakistan take a 25th minute lead through midfielder Naveed Ahmed, which they managed to keep on at half time. However, the opposition came back strongly and a needless foul in the box gave Turkmenistan a penalty in 60th minute. Turkmen midfielder Didar Durdiyev duly stepped up to make the scores 1-1 from his spot kick.
To make matters worse for Pakistan, Mekan Saparov then made it 2-1 for Turkmenistan just 9 minutes later as Pak U19 side failed to hold on to their precious lead in difficult weather conditions. Eventually, Turkmenistan ran the clock down as Pakistan failed to score again as the Central Asian minnows won the game 2-1 after being thrashed 3-1 by India a few days back.
Pakistan will be bitterly disappointed with the loss, amid questions raised over coach Shahzad Anwar’s decision to use only one substitute the whole game, and that too with experienced KESC midfielder Muhammad Riaz coming off for defender Amir Siddique in 63rd minute.
The interesting fact of the game was that Naveed Ahmed’s goal was Pakistan U19’s first ever goal in AFC U19 qualifiers after 2 previous participations in 2007 and 2009 failed to record a single goal for the green guns amid heavy defeats.
Iran, meanwhile, recorded an easy 3-0 win over India in the other game to top the group with their first game.
Pakistan remain bottom of the group with 0 points from 2 games. They now face hosts, and group favourites, Iran U19 in next game on 6 November 2o11 with 8 PM PST kick off at same venue.
Group C
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
I.R. IRAN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
UZBEKISTAN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
INDIA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
TURKMENISTAN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
PAKISTAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
AFC U19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 MATCH SUMMARY
Match
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Date & Time
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Duration
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Stadium
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Weather
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Temp
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Attendance
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27
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02-Nov-2011 03:30 PM
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90+5
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Takhti Stadium
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Rain, Wet and Freezing Cold
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9 c
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25
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PAKISTAN
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1
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1
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1st Half
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0
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2
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TURKMENISTAN
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0
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2nd Half
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2
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Ext. Time
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Penalty Kick
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No. | Position | Name | G | Y | R | S | No. | Position | Name | G | Y | R | S |
START LIST
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4
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DF
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BABAR SHAHRAM
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1
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GK
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GELDIYEV BATYR
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6
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MF
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JUNAID QADIR
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2
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DF
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IGDIROV YSLAM
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8
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MF
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SAAD ULLAH
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3
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MF
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ORAZALYYEV DOVRAN
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90+2
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9
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FW
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BILAL MUHAMMAD
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4
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DF
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SAPAROV MEKAN
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69
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11
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FW
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SADDAM HUSSAIN
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8
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MF
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ANNAYEV GURBAN
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68
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14
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MF
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MUHAMMAD RIAZ
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52
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63
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10
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MF
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DURDIYEV DIDAR
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60(PK)
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15
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MF
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NAVEED AHMAD
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24
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11
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MF
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MYRADOV ORAZBERDI
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90+1
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19
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DF
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MOHSIN ALI
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13
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FW
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MUHADOV SULEYMAN
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22
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GK
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SAQIB HANIF
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22
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DF
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ANNAMUHAMMEDOV KEMAL
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23
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MF
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BILAWAL-UR-REHMAN
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28
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MF
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NAZAROV GUZBERDI
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56
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58
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28
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FW
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MUHAMMAD SHER
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32
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MF
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ITALMAZOV FARHAD
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38
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SUBSTITUTES
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1
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GK
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MUZAMMIL HUSSAIN
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6
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DF
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BERENOV ELYASBERDI
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3
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DF
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AMIR SIDDIQUE
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63
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9
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FW
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BERDIYEV BATYRGYLYCH
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5
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DF
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MOKHUM MOHAMMAD OSMAN
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12
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DF
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DURDIYEV DAYANCH
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7
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DF
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MUHAMMAD RAFIQ
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15
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FW
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KOVUSOV DIDARGELDI
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58
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10
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FW
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AMEER HAMZA
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19
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FW
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KADYROV WEKIL
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90+2
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13
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MF
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WAHEED HAMEED
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20
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DF
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HYDYROV YSLAM
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68
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16
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MF
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NAEEM MUHAMMAD WASIF
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21
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DF
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ABDIYAZOV FARUH
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29
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DF
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AMIR ANWAR
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24
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MF
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IBRAGIMOV ULUGBEK
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33
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GK
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MUMTAZ TANVEER
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25
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FW
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SAHEDOV GURBANGELDI
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30
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GK
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ABDRAHMANOV SHAGELDI
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NOT ELIGIBLE
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17
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MF
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PODAROV GURT
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NOT PLAYING
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2
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DF
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KHALID ADEEL
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16
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GK
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NAZAROV DOWLET
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12
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DF
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ARSHAD HASNIAN
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25
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MF
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BADAR QADIR
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TEAM COACH | TEAM MANAGER | TEAM COACH | TEAM MANAGER |
ANWAR SHAHZAD |
HABIB MOHAMMAD
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DURDYYEV BAYRAMDURDY
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GRIGORYANTS KONSTANTIN
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DELEGATIONS
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REFEREE |
MOHAMMAD MOUSA KHALAF ABU LOUM (JORDAN)
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Match Commissioner |
MINDU DORJI (BHUTAN)
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ASSISTANT REFEREE 1 |
PALLIYA GURUGE PRIYANGA NAMAL (SRI LANKA)
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Referee Inspector |
LENNIE EDWARD MCGREGOR (AUSTRALIA)
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ASSISTANT REFEREE 2 |
AL SHIDI ALI HAMDAN HUMAID (OMAN)
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General Coordinator | |
4th Official |
ALI SABAH ADDAY AL-QAYSI (IRAQ)
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Media Officer |
G = Goal, Y = Yellow Card, R = Red Card, S = Substitutes
PS = Penalty Shootout Made, PS- = Penalty Shootout Missed, PK = Penalty Kick, OG = Own Goal