Hockey: Pakistan juniors fall to South Korea
South Korea were leading 2-0 at half-time before Karim Khan scored for Pakistan.
KARACHI:
Pakistan lost their second successive match in as many days at the six-nation Sultan of Johor Cup Junior Hockey Tournament after they went down 2-1 against South Korea.
Pakistan’s young guns, who suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to New Zealand in their first match, failed to lift their performance against the Koreans. South Korea were leading 2-0 at half-time before Karim Khan scored for Pakistan. The team’s manager-cum-coach Rana Mujahid felt that mistakes proved costly for his team.
“We missed a lot of chances,” said Mujahid. “Our players are relatively inexperienced while the rest of the teams have regular junior players.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2011.
Pakistan lost their second successive match in as many days at the six-nation Sultan of Johor Cup Junior Hockey Tournament after they went down 2-1 against South Korea.
Pakistan’s young guns, who suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to New Zealand in their first match, failed to lift their performance against the Koreans. South Korea were leading 2-0 at half-time before Karim Khan scored for Pakistan. The team’s manager-cum-coach Rana Mujahid felt that mistakes proved costly for his team.
“We missed a lot of chances,” said Mujahid. “Our players are relatively inexperienced while the rest of the teams have regular junior players.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2011.