Late penalty takes Afghan FC home
KPT unhappy with crowd behaviour after 1-0 loss in football league.
KARACHI:
Afghan FC won their fifth match in the Pakistan Premier Football League, beating KPT 1-0 thanks to Abdul Samad’s 89th-minute penalty.
The win helped Afghan FC stay ninth while KPT remained in 12th. Following the loss, however, a KPT official said that their players found it difficult to play in front of an abusive crowd.
“It was difficult as the players couldn’t concentrate due to the abuses and threats they were receiving from the spectators,” said the official. “Even the referees had to cave in and favour the home side to appease the crowd.”
Meanwhile, PAF stayed third despite a 2-2 draw with Wapda in Peshawar yesterday. Wapda led by two goals until the 68th minute, thanks to goals scored by Zulfiqar Ali and Waseem Abbas, before the four-time champions were rocked by two goals in two minutes by PAF’s Muhammad Arif Nawaz and Muhammad Zeeshan.
PAF coach Muhammad Arshad was satisfied with how things panned out for them.
“Our aim is to stay among the top three sides,” Arshad told The Express Tribune. “It was a gutsy effort to come back from two goals down to draw the match. This performance will give us confidence to do even better in the league.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2012.
Afghan FC won their fifth match in the Pakistan Premier Football League, beating KPT 1-0 thanks to Abdul Samad’s 89th-minute penalty.
The win helped Afghan FC stay ninth while KPT remained in 12th. Following the loss, however, a KPT official said that their players found it difficult to play in front of an abusive crowd.
“It was difficult as the players couldn’t concentrate due to the abuses and threats they were receiving from the spectators,” said the official. “Even the referees had to cave in and favour the home side to appease the crowd.”
Meanwhile, PAF stayed third despite a 2-2 draw with Wapda in Peshawar yesterday. Wapda led by two goals until the 68th minute, thanks to goals scored by Zulfiqar Ali and Waseem Abbas, before the four-time champions were rocked by two goals in two minutes by PAF’s Muhammad Arif Nawaz and Muhammad Zeeshan.
PAF coach Muhammad Arshad was satisfied with how things panned out for them.
“Our aim is to stay among the top three sides,” Arshad told The Express Tribune. “It was a gutsy effort to come back from two goals down to draw the match. This performance will give us confidence to do even better in the league.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2012.