Pakistan Football Round-up: Officials lambast pitches, AFC Course in Islamabad concludes, U22-team departs for Bangkok today

AFC Officials criticize poor ground

Coaches of the AFC U-14 Festival have criticized the state of the Jinnah Stadium, where all the matches are taking place.

Furthermore, Pakistan’s Hassan Baloch claimed that a skills test organized the Ruling body should have been done earlier in order to highlight over-age players.

“Our players were graded second next to Tajikistan. I’m not really sad about that but I do believe that if this test was conducted before the event, teams like Afghanistan could have been stopped from fielding over-age players,” he said.

“It is embarrassing because all the coaches from Afghanistan and Tajikistan, as well as Whittle, pointed out that the fields were in bad condition. They don’t help budding players and also cause injuries. The AFC representative was really concerned about
the state of the pitches and said that it was one of the reasons behind poor technique and lack of control among Pakistan players.”

AFC ‘C’ License finishes in Islamabad

AFC’s ‘C’ level coaching course in Islamabad has concluded today, gathering praise from PFF Secretary Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi and PFF President Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat.

“PFF Vision 2020 Plan, which the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has unveiled on 21 June 2008 PFF Congress, will take Pakistan to new height. This ambitious plan will create pavement to PFF in earning berth in top 15 Asian teams as well earning tickets
of World Cup, Olympics and FIFA age-limit competitions in coming decade. But all the coaches had to work harder along with coming coaches to make it reality,” said Lodhi.

“I hope this course will hone the skill of the coaches,” Faisal commented.

AFC Instructor Morteza Mohases also joined in on the act and claimed that in today’s game getting coaching badges was easy as ever.

"It’s now easier than ever to become a qualified football coach by getting on the coaching ladder, individuals have the opportunity to progress through the various AFC Coaching qualifications while constantly enhancing their skills and knowledge,” the Iranian
said.

Pakistan U-22 leaves for Thailand

The U-22 side are set to depart for Bangkok today in order to prepare for the upcoming AFC U-22 qualifiers.

Coach Zavisa Milosavljevic alongside five officials will be traveling with the squad, however Kaleemullah, Mohammad bin Younis, Junaid Qadir and Faisal Iqbal will travel at a later date, as they have yet to acquire their visa. 

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