Pakistan and Bangladesh played goal less stalemate in the opening match of SAFF Championship football tournament played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi in a group B match. The man of the match award was handed to Jafar Khan of Pakistan.
According to the press release issued here by Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), Pakistan, who was playing its first match under new coach Zavisa Milosavljevich, put up a decent display but the Green Shirts were wasteful with their chances and their often-threatening tactics on the field were not converted into goals.
Bangladesh coach Nikolai Ilievski preferred to start with his third choice goalkeeper in Sahidul Alam while Pakistan started with their foreign based players in Atif Bashir and Adnan Ahmed. It was Pakistan who had the first shy on goal as Atif Bashir’s attempt saw goalkeeper Alam beaten all ends out as early as in the second minute. Bangladesh looked to play along the ground and build the match from the back. The Tigers did earn a couple of free-kicks in the Pakistan’s half though goalkeeper Jafar Khan was up to the task.
The first real chance of the match came in the 24th minute as a Jadeed Khan Pathan’s cross from the right saw Sahidul Alam miss the flight of the ball. The onrushing Faisal Iqbal just had to the tap the ball but saw his effort go over the bar. Six minutes later, Alam had to come off his line in order to deny Atif Bashir after the Bangladesh backline failed to keep a tab on the Pakistan front man. Around the 40th minute, Jadeed Khan Pathan once again was the provider of a decent cross which Saddam Hussain, under no pressure, sent it over.
The Bangladesh coach admitted that they were under intense pressure and had to defend hard in the second half especially as Pakistan went for an all-out attack, “Since our midfielders failed to carry out orders as planned, we switched to a defensive strategy in the second half, and came out with a point despite being dominated by Pakistan.”
SAFF 2011: Pakistan and Bangladesh play a goal less stalemate
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