Sunday, July 7, 2013

Pakistan not in Seventh heaven..

PAKISTAN beat South Africa 6-2 to finish seventh in the World League Semi-finals.
  And now, coach Akhtar Rasool and his men want to forget the painful episode in Johor Baru and prepare for the Asia Cup in Ipoh.
  "We played well in almost all the matches but were unlucky, especially against Malaysia in the Seventh-Eighth. We had more opportunities and played much better than Malaysia, but the goals never came," said Akhtar.
  And now, iit is back to the drawing board for the Asian Games champions.
  "As Asian champions, we fear nothing in the Asia Cup as we go all out to make sure Pakistan play in the World Cup," said Akhtar.
  And if they miss the boat in the Asia Cup, Pakistan will sit out of the World Cup for the first time since it made its debut in 1971.
  The Greenshirts coped well with a spell of early South African dominance to take a 1-0 lead into half time before scoring five times in the second half, with Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Rizwan Sr, Aamir Shazad, Abdul Haseem Khan (2) and Abbas Haider Bilgrami doing the damage.
  The final goal of the game came from Haseem Khan, who netted his seventh of the tournament four minutes from full time.