Dhaka, June 29: Bangladesh beat Pakistan 3-0 in the first leg of the pre-World Cup qualifier against Pakistan at the Bangbandhu National Stadium on Wednesday.
In a water logged pitch due to the incessant rain Emily scored in the very 1st minute and midfielder Zahid doubled the margin in the 22nd minute.
Pakistan custodian Jaffar Khan had no clue what went wrong in the very first minute when forward Emily’s header off a Monaem Khan Raju cross slipped through his gloves after landing in the muddy pitch (1-0).
Jaffar Khan was the defaulter again in the 22nd minute when he lost the vision of a grounder of midfielder Zahid Hossain from the top of the box and the ball flew past Jaffar who did not react (2-0).
Defender Rezaul Karim sealed the fate of the match in the 56th minute as substitute forward Mithun Chowdhury paved the way with a nice chip and Reza coolly placed the ball in the far post of Jaffar.
Bangladesh fly to Pakistan on Thursday to play the second leg at Lahore on July 3rd .
Bangladesh: Biplob, Nasir(Mamun Miah), Rezaul, Arif, Mishu, Zahid (Mithun), Mamun, Shakil (Komol), Raju, Linkon, Emily.
Pakistan-Jaffar Khan, Faisal Iqbal, Manzoor, Samar Ishaq, Zeeshan Rehman, Adnan Ahmed, Rasool (Qasim), Arif (Ahmed Akbar), Hasnain Abbas, Kaleemullah (Ikram)
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Pretty sure rain like THAT should lead to a game abandonment! The pitch looks absolutely water-logged like hell!
Pakistan national team have played FIFA matches on worse pitch under this kind of rain from 1947 to 1971. Teams ranking much much higher than Pakistan play FIFA matches under this condition every four years in Dhaka. Don’t be a sore loser.
FIFA rules over international matches have changed a lot over the last few decades. Until the 1950 World Cup, teams could even play BARE FOOT if they wanted and many teams in South Asia played barefoot until the mid 1950s, which is why India were disqualified from 1950 World Cup!
Rules have become strict in holding football matches in last 10 years or so regarding pitch conditions etc. Its all down to referee’s discretion in order to implement them. If the ref had that thought the pitch was unplayable because of the weather, no one could defy his ruling. But he didn’t so I guess its pointless for me to argue about that any more.
Maybe I was being a sore loser, and I admit my fault, as it was more to do with our own team selection (again) and bad goalkeeping (again) that really cost us this match. The rain had a bad affect, and the Pak coaching staff should have done a much better job in the end
I do not know how much common it is to see Pakistani kids playing soccer in the streets throughout a year but trust me, having grown up in Bangladesh I can assure you the level of popularity of soccer in Bangladesh can compete with that in Italy or Argentina. When Maradona was banned in 1994, hundred of thousands of people in Bangladesh started picketing in the streets. Cars were burned, people got injured and what not( not a good example) but it shows the popular soccer frenzy in Bangladesh. Since the late 90s cricket slowly replaced soccer as the popular sport but still during the world cup, there’ll be more Argentinian flags in the balconies of Bangladesh than there is in Argentina! I have never been to Pakistan but having had many Pakistani friends in North America, I can tell you soccer is probably not in the list of most popular sports in Pakistan. So, naturally it is expected we’d be able to beat you in this sport but still the difference is pretty small between the national squads and that is down to the lack of organization within the sport’s governing body in Bangladesh. Bangladesh league is not worthy of bragging about in intl’ stage but yet it is much more professional and advanced than Pakistan’s league. With all these adding up, it’s a bit surprising to see you guys were so hopeful of beating us on our home ground! I guess it’s the eternal nature of the soccer fanatic fans, which is all cool!
its not like Pakistan is that behind in football!
Try visiting Karachi’s Lyari Town area whenever the World Cup is played and see the amount of Brazil flags there and how gang violence ends in those parts just for football!
Pakistan does not have a bad track record against Bangladesh in football. Its fairly even between both sides. So it was not a surprise for us to have high false hopes over beating Bangladesh… until I saw the starting line-up! :)
Being an avid observer of South Asian football, I know the passion existed in Benglis about football. But this is also a shame that having thant much passion and talent, they are no where in a respectable position on the map of world or at least Asia. Had this been in Pakistan for football rather than cricket, we be a regular qualifier to WC.
“Had this been in Pakistan for football rather than cricket, we be a regular qualifier to WC”.
Well Majid, you have no idea about how football is being played then.
PFF should complaint immediately about the pitch..
PFF should immediately start thinking about developing home grown talents.
They should have done that before the match, not after.
Then we will also be complaining about the lack of security in Pakistan . An international football match is a great target for terrorists to attack . Accept the defeat sportingly !
fearing of terror attack here is legitimate concern, but at the same time it is also based on hyper-speculation.
you cannot call off matches because of speculation. but you can call off matches when they are badly affected by events like a water logged pitch that have obviously affected the playing conditions and had a great say in the way the game went!
speculation? What happened to Sri Lankan Cricket Team? Speculation?!
What happened to Salman Tasir? Speculation? Pakistan can’t even trust its own security force. How could they assure security to others?
so what about Palestine and Malaysia U23 coming to Pakistan back in March 2011 and playing without any incident?
What about the Bangladeshi judo team that played in last month’s South Asian Judo Championship in Lahore to take part without any incident?
Match should have been called off because of Water-Logged pitch..internationally it is a rule..
Here’s a small hint of something which shows the poor tactics and unprofessionalism of our dirty coach Tarik lutfi…
1. Ahmed akbar khan was being shown as our main left winger but he was included in the match in the last minute… i dont understand this WHY ?
2. the winning coach always makes changes in the last minutes to waste tim…e,, but today Uncle Lutfi is making a change in the last minute bringing in Ahmed khan…even though we were 3-0 down.. what is that supposed to be…a defensive tactic of not conceeding another goal in the last minute or just a stupid idea by the stupid coach…
3. The visiting side always has an option to opt out from the game when the ground condition is not suitable for playing.. Why did the coach not do this????
4. More blunders by the coach will be posted after watching the match highlights….
Ground condition was good enough to hold a FIFA match. There have been FIFA qualifier under worse condition before. No country objected. The field had grass everywhere and it did not deteriorate to the level where the game must have been canceled. Stop crying and suck it up.
Naveed, are you serious? I don’t know the level of soccer that you have played… I don’t play at this level abroad, but I still play a decent level and let me tell you….. the field was absolutely absurd.. And I’m just blaming that on the weather, not the Bengalis… But the Bangali’s definitely had the advantage… Lahore will be the true decider…
I truly cannot believe that any country in the top 50 rankings would be playing in these conditions.. the only reason we played on them was because FIFA doesn’t care… And we are noone to complain.. Look at both of our rankings… FIFA has a schedule to go by, and we had to go by it
a few examples of games being abandoned due to water-logged pitch (just like Dhaka)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mw1jx8Q94I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DgcV4U0H-E
pretty sure the pitch in Dhaka was just as worse (if not more!) but because Bangladesh and Pakistan are so lowly ranked, FIFA didnt give a damn and just wanted the game to be done with!
All I can say Rahat, is that I completely agree with you on every point made….
Ahmed Akbar Khan is definitely a starting player…. You can just tell from the small amount he has played on the field…. I would have brought him on in the 2nd half… At least!!!…
And the pitch? don’t even talk about it…. that was the worst ever… You could tell that the foreign players and everyone were frustrated
btw, the only reason I’m happy he came on so late is that he didn’t get injured… Pitch was hopeless man
@Sakib i think u ppl have already complained but FIFA didnt listen to u…so come here and play…
In reality, nobody complained. In the FIFA conference, PFF delegates requested BFF officials to kindly come play in Pakistan and BFF delegates immaturely agreed. But they could not tell that to Bangladesh press for fear of backlash. So they said they complained and FIFA turned it down. Later FIFA saw this through press and released a statement saying BFF never submitted any formal complain to them. Then within last 1 week BFF under fire from all quarters of the country lodged the complain to shift the match to somewhere else and FIFA, getting such short notice and also having no care whatsoever for countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan, refused the appeal. So, now Bangladesh needs to play the 2nd leg in Pakistan. With all the suicide bombings happening in Pakistan, I am not sure how safe it is.
ask the Palestine and Malaysia U23 teams that visited Lahore and Karachi back in March 2011!
ask the Bangladesh judo team that visited Lahore to take part in the South Asian Judo Championship!
Palestinians after living under Israel’s terrorism would find Pakistan’s situation akin to nothing! Beside no radical group would attack Palestinian team c’mon! There is deep rooted racism against Bengalis in Pakistan. Hence, unfortunately it’s not safe for us to visit the country at the moment.
there is also ‘deep rooted racism’ over Pakistanis in Bangladesh as well :) two peas of the same pod.
but I understand your concerns, because I dont want anything bad to happen when Bangladesh visit.
There is no racism against Pakistanis in Bangladesh. Pakistani is not a race. It’s a nationality. The general hatred towards Pakistan Army activity in 71 can not be considered racism. There are misconception among the general Pakistani population regarding Bengalis and thanks to ill-willed and uneducated politicians in your country, this racism has been harbored ever since.
Dude, there are stupid thoughts from both sides of the country… You would be ignorant to think otherwise… A lot of Bengali’s hate Pakistan… I live abroad and I didn’t even know of the history between Pak-Bang… and a Bangladeshi friend said to me…. “I’m supposed to hate you, but your OK”… ummmm okay then…
Most people don’t care… Pakistani’s hate Indians lol… And to be honest… It’s all the stupid politicians and media… They’re the ones who put these thoughts in to the people…
And Inshaa Allah everyone is safe when Bangladesh arrive… btw, if an attack does occur on Bangladesh.. That’s just going to make the Pak Army look even worse then they already do in the International opinion.. Soo let’s hope they don’t get paid off to let something like that happen
now that we are going anyway, lets hope nothing bad happens inshAllah.
Why they didnt shift the venue when the dakha is under rain.
are you serious? Since when did football games get canceled because of rain?! There were FIFA officials officiating this game and as long as they thought it was good for a match, all was good. FIFA matches are held around 0 degree C in many countries. Should they change those too? FIFA did not change the Lahore venue even when the governor of Punjab can not assure his own security! And you are expecting to change the Dhaka venue because of rain! what a joke. Beside Bangladesh is a small country and it’s the rainy season. It rains cats and dogs everywhere.
are you serious? Since when did football games get canceled because of rain?! There were FIFA officials officiating this game and as long as they thought it was good for a match, all was good. FIFA matches are held around 0 degree C in many countries. Should they change those too? FIFA did not change the Lahore venue even when the governor of Punjab can not assure his own security! And you are expecting to change the Dhaka venue because of rain! what a joke. Beside Bangladesh is a small country and it’s the rainy season. It rains cats and dogs everywhere.
Naveed Naveed Naveed… I would like to emphasise that when it rains, games are played…. when the pitch is flooded, that’s different… FIFA just doesn’t care about us.. thats all…….And if you are to expect that it was fair… then OK, but that wasn’t a game to see the full potential of the Pak team
The match was played under FIFA referees. They care about us or not does not change a damn thing. No Pakistanis complained when Pakistan won South Asian football gold under similar rain but on a worse pitch in Colombo back in 2006. Why? Cause you guys won. All of a sudden you lose 3-0 and sour grapes! This is funny stuff. Pakistan can win 2-0 in Lahore. Nothing changes. Bangladesh go through. I am simply upset because we did not score one more goal. We didn’t even have to go to Lahore under terrorist threat then! But what to do now. We shall go there and win it in Lahore inshAllah. And don’t complain if it rains in Lahore too.
what happened to bangladesh good player enamul ?
He is not good enough compared to the U23 players like Mithun, Linkon etc. Enamul and Emily are supposed to be the ace forwards of Bangladesh but they are infamous for being inconsistent. Enamul is crap in league and good with national team but for how long will the coach keep his trust on a player who can’t score goals in the national league?! Kind of like Miroslav Klose situation here.
loss is a loss and we have to accept it, no matter what was the condition of the pitch. The pitch was same for Pakistan and Bangladesh. So we should not complain about the pitch
at last someone who makes sense. Thank you.
Rain is a problem, but the bigger problem is our coaching. How the hell were Muhammad Ahmed and Mehmood Khan not in the starting lineup, and didn’t even get to play one minute? Why the hell are Samar Ishaq and Zesh Rehman the CB pairing? That’s the worst CB pairing in the world, and I am not exaggerating. Once again poor match management by the coach has let us down. It is high time that we get a foreign coach, and it is high time for this PFF administration to resign along with the NT coaching staff. Considering BD’s extremely poor preparation, a draw was the very least we should have achieved in Dhaka, regardless of weather conditions.
Dear I was inform you before 6 month. When they appOint lutfi as coach . I was told you that he is not capable . We need a forign coach or in Pakistan just Akhter mahidin is the best option .
Akhtar Mohiuddin is a worse option than Tariq Lutfi. If we have absolutely no other choice but to appoint a domestic coach, then I would go for Hassan Baloch, Shehzad Anwar, or Khalid Butt.
it is forbidden to play a oficial fifa match in a water logged pitch like bangladesh !!!!!!
this in europe is unthinkeble and you can nooo you are orderd to call of a match in that situation also verry dangerous for the players !!!!! in europe this is unthinkeble and about this stupid coment about terorist asuming we must call of lahore by some one then you bengalish must call of everything in the world, why did you come to islamabad 4 weaks ago for judo championships if you fare terror, you see you dont fare terror but you fare the defeat but chill out its just a game bengalish :) use your commen sense but playing in those conditions i just watching the football round up here in holland and already people dont understand how this is posible play on this pitch is forbiden by fifa !!!!!!!!!!!!! bad bengali pitch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what if some players slip down and brake his neck !!!!!
Yeah, thats right… For the players, this was dangerous as well….Shouldn’t be playing in conditions like these
seriously dude , how poor is your English !
I am afgan and since my country played in saff before, I thought to see part of this game. I think ban played better than pak. Although they might have had the advantage of field condition but 3-0 difference loss is muchmore than just field condition. May be pakistan is better team than how they played this game and probably would bounce back next game. Anyway, south-asian football sucks hehe.
South Asian football sux except Indian football. India is superior team…hehehe
oh guess what, India are not even the current South Asian Games football champion! and they are the superior team…right!
I dont know about you Naveed, but for you to shove your side’s winning an unimportant U23 youth event called the South Asian Games as something to be reckoned with makes you sound like the PFF that still talks about winning it in 2004 and 2006 as if its some achievement!
India has been using its U19 side in South Asian Games for almost 10 years now, hell it was their U21 side mostly that won the 2009 SAFF Cup in Bangladesh!
India still remains the best side in SAFF region.
Indian and Bangladeshi football label as like same. Difference between these 2 teams are Baichung Bhutia. Hope he will retired.
In 2009 bangladesh team was in problem with coach. That reason Indian u23 team won the tournament. That tournament Maldives was the best team. But They lost Tiebreaker to India in final.
Indian and Bangladeshi football label as like same. Difference between these 2 teams are Baichung Bhutia. Hope he will retired.
In 2009 bangladesh team was in problem with coach. That reason Indian u23 team won the tournament. That tournament Maldives was the best team. But They lost Tiebreaker to India in final.
Reality check – india terribely sucks in football big time. Just because india and maldives took the right initiatives/steps and made some progress more than other south-asian teams , doesnt mean they dont suck in football hehe. The quality of football of south-asian countries are in the same level despite who is superior to whome among themselves. Anyway, football is such a global game, I think south-asia will never cross any other region of the world.
OK to be honest… Everyone read and listen up…
Some of you are talking about corruption and bad coaching in the Pak team… wth are you talking about? Your really going to judge from that game?????????? Everyone who should be in the team, is in the team…
DID ANYONE SEE THOSE MATCH CONDITIONS???????? It was like they were swimming!!!
You CANNOT expect to gain a proper conclusion on how the two teams play from that game!…
Okay, Bangladesh did play better, but that is to a very great extent due to the fact that they were accustomed to the pitch conditions.
FIFA doesn’t care with teams as low ranked as ours.. that’s the only reason we played… even though these conditions were dangerous for the players… No top 50 ranked team would be playing in these conditions. Maybe not even the top 100.
I ask you again…. Did you really look at that game and think that it was a fair game? Or even a game of Soccer at all?….. It was pitiful… I play abroad in a lower division to these guys. We would’ve played in wet conditions, but not FLOODED conditions….. no way.
The way Bangladesh were flicking everything up in the air was evident that they had obviously adapted to the game conditions…. And true, a lot of the times they were first up in the air and they also used their brains because they knew the Pakistani’s were disadvantaged in assessing how the ball was going to roll (If it actually rolled, as soon as it landed, it just stopped!!). So Bang did play better… But again, they had a big advantage of being accustomed to the field conditions.
I don’t blame the goalie either.. He saved quite a few goals…. It could have been 7-0..
So to conclude, the Lahore match will be a game where the true colours of both teams will be seen. Don’t look at this first leg and assess both teams as equally prepared and advantaged, because your just blind…
Wait and see the Lahore match and decide from there…. the better team will avail.
P.S. Lutfi don’t make substitutions 5mins before the end of the match…. You do that when your winning and want to waste time.. not when your 3 goals down…. noone can score 3 goals that quickly
You gyes stop weining.there is say that” if u don’t know how to dance then the floor is bend”. Now all you people are blaming rain and floded pitch bla,bla,bla. pakistani player were phycally good other then they r too slow to run, few skill, no football sense.I won’t say BD player have all those quality, except Zesh they rmuch better then other pak players, due to bd pro league. in lahore u gyes gona loose.
Lutfi why did you not bring ahmed akbar khan on earlier because he seems to being very good player in midfield. put him on earlier!
No doubt that the field was not good to play football but it was a common factor for the both team. In a dry pitch it could be much difficult to pakistan to play against BD team cause in that case BD team could take the full advantage of the home ground. Don’t quarrel with your bad tools. Show your talent in Lahore. Best of luck for both team.
You are what you eat. Fish live in water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmVca_tzKt0&NR=1
This is why you guys can’t beat us under rain on a heavy pitch.
Ahmed Akbar Khan should be in the starting XI….
Also, we need a foreign based Stttrrrriiiiikkkkkeeeerrrrr……..
i love football & pakistani football team
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