WAPDA suffer shock defeat in football league
Championship leaders lose 2-0 to National Bank of Pakistan.
KARACHI:
It was a day of upsets in the Pakistan Premier League (PPL) National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) defeated leaders Wapda 2-0 while Pakistan Air Force (PAF) defeated Afghan Football club 1-0.
Wapda began with confidence but NBP’s striker Muhammad Asif scored the opening goal in the 30th minute to give his team a 1-0 lead at the interval. As Wapda failed to equalise, Asif netted the second goal in the 53rd minute to seal the win for NBP, who now stand at 11th place while Wapda lead with 37 points despite the defeat.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 25th, 2010.
It was a day of upsets in the Pakistan Premier League (PPL) National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) defeated leaders Wapda 2-0 while Pakistan Air Force (PAF) defeated Afghan Football club 1-0.
Wapda began with confidence but NBP’s striker Muhammad Asif scored the opening goal in the 30th minute to give his team a 1-0 lead at the interval. As Wapda failed to equalise, Asif netted the second goal in the 53rd minute to seal the win for NBP, who now stand at 11th place while Wapda lead with 37 points despite the defeat.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 25th, 2010.