Pakistan end miserable AFC U22 campaign with loss

Penalty Kick

Pakistan ended its disappointing AFC U22 Asian Cup qualification campaign with yet another loss, thanks to Palestine winning the dead rubber tie 1-0 tonight, 3 July 2012, at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Sameh Maraabah’s 30th minute goal proved to be enough for the already eliminated Palestinians to end their campaign with a consolation win after his shot beat Pakistani goalkeeper Saqib Hanif at the near post.

The result made Pakistan finish a rock bottom 6th in their group with just 1 point from 5 games and no goals scored while Palestine finished 4th.

In other games held at King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia were held 2-2 by Syria to respectively finish 1st and 2nd with their qualification to main round already confirmed. Similarly, Kyrgyzstan thrashed Sri Lanka 5-0 to finish 3rd and 5th respectively.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	5	4	1	0	15	2	+13	13
Syria	5	4	1	0	13	3	+10	13
Kyrgyzstan	5	2	1	2	7	2	+5	7
Palestine	5	1	2	2	3	7	−4	5
Sri Lanka	5	0	2	3	1	17	−16	2
Pakistan	5	0	1	4	0	8	−8	1

More details to follow

AFC U-22 CHAMPIONSHIP 2013				QUALIFICATION
	03-07-2012 20:45 AST		Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA		30

	90 minutes		SAMEH F M MARAABA
	Hot and clear		37 C

Lineups

PAKISTAN

PALESTINE

1	GK	SAQIB HANIF
2	MF	FAISAL IQBAL (C)
6	MF	JUNAID QADIR
7	MF	BILAWAL-UR-REHMAN	83
8	MF	MAHMOOD KHAN	46*
14	FW	ZAKIR LASHARI
15	DF	NAVEED
17	DF	SADDAM HUSSAIN
18	MF	MOHSIN ALI
27	FW	MUHAMMAD	46
44	FW	RIAZ AHMED	82

5	DF	YAZAN M. M. IWAIWI
8	FW	SAMEH F M MARAABA	30
11	MF	AHMED M M WRIDAT	53
15	DF	KAMEL I K BADER
17	DF	THAER M H JBOOR	85
19	MF	MAHMOUD S. A. SHAIKHQASEM (C)
20	MF	ODAY A. A. KHAROUB
25	MF	H. ALI	90+2 90+1
27	DF	AHMED A.M. HAMED
28	DF	MUS’AB K. I. BATTAT	15
30	GK	GHANIM Z A MAHAJNA

Substitutes

3	DF	MANZOOR AHMAD
9	MF	SHER	82
10	MF	KALEEMULLAH
13	DF	AHSANULLAH
16	FW	RASHID ALI	46
20	DF	NOOR MUHAMMAD
22	GK	MUZAMMIL HUSSAIN
23	MF	IMRAN ALI KHAN
26	DF	AMIR SIDDIQUI
31	MF	DAHAR ABDUL UR REHMAN BAIG	46*
33	GK	TANVEER

3	DF	F. ISAILI
6	DF	ALAAEDDIN A. Y. YAMIN
7	MF	HAMDAN H. R. ABUAWAD
10	MF	KHADER T D IHLESI
12	MF	MOHAMMED M G THIAB
13	GK	MOHAMMED M M ORABI
14	MF	TAMER M S SEYAM	53 90+3
18	MF	HUSSEIN I.H. GHROUF	85
22	GK	RAMI K. A. HAMADA
24	MF	NEMER W.M. HAMED	90+2
26	MF	RAMI I.A. ALMASALMA