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.
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 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 |
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why saddam playing as a defender is it not a joke
Saddam has actually been good in his defensive work, but he should be played in central midfield to assist in possession more.
dropping kaleem ullah after srilanka match is not fair? no one is scoring why only Kaleem Ullah in firing range
Because he was the ‘captain’ and he was less than inspiring as well as he picked up an injury in game against Sri Lanka.
I do not think Zavisa is happy with Pakistan. He can easily get more better salary with another team which can be better then Pakistan, even a club teaml I do not think Zavisa knew how bad Pakistan structure is and how corrupt the nation is, not just in Soccer but in all forms of life.
I would not be suprised if he left, which we all know its going to happen soon, defintely before Pakistan’s next game…It also does not look good on his CV either, why would any Manager want to stay on with a team which is this bad and low? havignt defeats on your CV is not good, but having wins and managing better nations is good on your CV.
i am failing to understand this..he is being paid a competitive rate..getting good preps, but yes his team lost but no coach walks away that easy. they have come for a challenge and some stability in their profession…he is a licenced coach and not pro..therefore not huge demands of him elsewhere…his record was worse at lesotho yet he lasted more than a year..
he can have a good team with the senior and have a crack at challenge cup qualifiers…that will be something good to have on cv.. you wont get to manage better teams and clubs if you havent done anything to improve the lower team u go to..
Kareem Ullah is not better then some Pakistani players, its not only him but other players too who are very bad in Soccer. You need good players around you to play goodm you need decent intelligent players around you for you to make an inpact, Kareem cannot do evereything himself, but I agree none of the current crop of Pakistani players are good at this level, infact they arent even England division 8 standard.
Foreign players are needed because they are more civilized, that means more intelligent and they can use their head on the pitch aswell as their technique. They can have some movment and awareness. Local Pakistanis arent intelligent.
Zavisa MUST go. Ive already sent an email to PFF and other people telling them to relieve Zavisa of his duties..Hes taken the team far as he could.. I don’t even think he wants to be involved with the Pakistan team anymore. I bet he didnt know Pakistan football was this bad.
Then its not the coach’s fault is it? The fault lies with the PFF administration, particularly its senior officials that have been in charge since at least 2007 and yet the domestic football remains a joke void of any corporate, private, and media interest, it remains dominated by govt departments because of their ‘voting rights’ in PFF Congress, and it remains poorly run without any vision or innovative thinking.
Pak U22 finish at rock bottom
Alam Zeb Safi
Thursday, July 05, 2012
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-10-118682-Pak-U22-finish-at-rock-bottom
KARACHI: Pakistan Under-22 football team finished at the rock bottom after they went 0-1 down against Palestine in their last Group B match of the 2013 Asian Cup Qualifiers held at the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh on Tuesday night.
The demoralised Pakistan once again failed to put up a good show, tasting their fourth loss in five matches.
Palestine, who had played a few good games against other rivals in the tournament, went ahead through Sameh Marabba in the 30th minute.
Pakistan, playing without skipper Kaleemullah and Ahsanullah who had injuries, demonstrated some firework after the breather but failed to bring an equaliser, finishing the event with just a single point.
Pakistan’s Serbian coach Zavisa Milosavljevic said that his team played well against Palestine, but were unlucky not to strike. “I think, the boys played well but again luck did not favour us,” Zavisa told ‘The News’ from Riyadh on Wednesday.
He said that the absence of key players was the main reason why Pakistan failed to produce the desired results in the event.
However, he was quick to add that the qualifiers helped him know where Pakistan football stands. “There are several reasons behind the poor standard of football in Pakistan. All such problems will be discussed with the authorities, which will ultimately help the country make plan afresh to put the sport on right footing,” said the apparently depressed coach.
After going 0-1 down against Saudi Arabia, Pakistan were surprisingly held to a goalless draw by Sri Lanka, which greatly affected the team morale and after that Zavisa’s charges kept losing matches. They tasted a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Kyrgyzstan before going 0-4 down against Syria.
Pakistan failed to score a goal in the entire event, and conceded eight.
In other matches on Tuesday night, heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Syria played a 2-2 draw, which helped them both finish the qualifiers with 13 points each.
But Saudi Arabia topped the group on better goal-average. Both the teams have qualified for the next year’s tournament proper. Kyrgyzstan finished third with seven points after whipping Sri Lanka 5-0 in their last league encounter. Sri Lanka ended their campaign at the fifth place with two points.
Pakistan team will return Lahore via Bahrain in the wee hours of Friday (tomorrow).
In Group A, which also concluded on Tuesday night in Muscat, Iraq and United Arab Emirates (UAE) finished at the top two places with 11 points each and made it to the Asian Cup.
Hosts Oman ended third with ten points, followed by India with seven points, while Lebanon finished fifth with three points and Turkmenistan wrapped up their campaign at the lowest ebb without any point.
Iran and Kuwait moved ahead from Group C, Jordon and Uzbekistan from Group D, North Korea and China from Group F and South Korea and Myanmar from Group G.
Group E qualifiers featuring Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Macau and Timor Leste will begin from Friday in Indonesia.
India also lost the match against Host Oman in wide margin. India has put up a decent performance throughout all the matches