Pakistan colts whip senior counterparts
Register 2-1 win in hockey practice match for Junior World Cup .
The junior team’s head coach and manager Manzoorul Hassan was satisfied with his team’s overall performance in the game, which he said was played with spirit by both the sides. PHOTO: FILE/EXPRESS
KARACHI:
The Pakistan junior team (Whites) overcame Pakistan seniors 2-1 in Lahore on Friday in the first of the two practice games organised as preparations for the Junior Hockey World Cup.
Rizwan Ali scored the first goal for the winning squad in the 16th minute as he made no mistake on a penalty-stroke to give the squad a 1-0 lead at the interval.
Muhammad Tousiq doubled the lead in the 41st minute while Abdul Haseem Khan netted a solitary goal for the seniors in the 63rd to take the final score to 2-1.
The junior team’s head coach and manager Manzoorul Hassan was satisfied with his team’s overall performance in the game, which he said was played with spirit by both the sides.
“There are still areas where we can bring improvement though,” Hassan told The Express Tribune.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 30th, 2013.
The Pakistan junior team (Whites) overcame Pakistan seniors 2-1 in Lahore on Friday in the first of the two practice games organised as preparations for the Junior Hockey World Cup.
Rizwan Ali scored the first goal for the winning squad in the 16th minute as he made no mistake on a penalty-stroke to give the squad a 1-0 lead at the interval.
Muhammad Tousiq doubled the lead in the 41st minute while Abdul Haseem Khan netted a solitary goal for the seniors in the 63rd to take the final score to 2-1.
The junior team’s head coach and manager Manzoorul Hassan was satisfied with his team’s overall performance in the game, which he said was played with spirit by both the sides.
“There are still areas where we can bring improvement though,” Hassan told The Express Tribune.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 30th, 2013.