Pakistan end miserable AFC U22 campaign with loss

Pakistan ended its disappointing AFC U22 Asian Cup qualification campaign with yet another loss, thanks to Palestine winning the dead rubber tie 1-0 tonight, 3 July 2012, at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Sameh Maraabah’s 30th minute goal proved to be enough for the already eliminated Palestinians to end their campaign with a consolation win after his shot beat Pakistani goalkeeper Saqib Hanif at the near post.

The result made Pakistan finish a rock bottom 6th in their group with just 1 point from 5 games and no goals scored while Palestine finished 4th.

In other games held at King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia were held 2-2 by Syria to respectively finish 1st and 2nd with their qualification to main round already confirmed. Similarly, Kyrgyzstan thrashed Sri Lanka 5-0 to finish 3rd and 5th respectively.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 5 4 1 0 15 2 +13 13
 Syria 5 4 1 0 13 3 +10 13
 Kyrgyzstan 5 2 1 2 7 2 +5 7
 Palestine 5 1 2 2 3 7 −4 5
 Sri Lanka 5 0 2 3 1 17 −16 2
 Pakistan 5 0 1 4 0 8 −8 1

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AFC U-22 CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

QUALIFICATION
03-07-2012 20:45 AST
Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA 30
PAKISTAN 0 0 1st Half 1 1 PALESTINE
0 2nd Half 0
Ext. Time
Penalty Kick
90 minutes SAMEH F M MARAABA
Hot and clear 37 C

Lineups

PAKISTAN PALESTINE
1 GK SAQIB HANIF
2 MF FAISAL IQBAL (C)
6 MF JUNAID QADIR
7 MF BILAWAL-UR-REHMAN 83
8 MF MAHMOOD KHAN 46*
14 FW ZAKIR LASHARI
15 DF NAVEED
17 DF SADDAM HUSSAIN
18 MF MOHSIN ALI
27 FW MUHAMMAD 46
44 FW RIAZ AHMED 82
5 DF YAZAN M. M. IWAIWI
8 FW SAMEH F M MARAABA 30
11 MF AHMED M M WRIDAT 53
15 DF KAMEL I K BADER
17 DF THAER M H JBOOR 85
19 MF MAHMOUD S. A. SHAIKHQASEM (C)
20 MF ODAY A. A. KHAROUB
25 MF H. ALI 90+2 90+1
27 DF AHMED A.M. HAMED
28 DF MUS’AB K. I. BATTAT 15
30 GK GHANIM Z A MAHAJNA
Substitutes
3 DF MANZOOR AHMAD
9 MF SHER 82
10 MF KALEEMULLAH
13 DF AHSANULLAH
16 FW RASHID ALI 46
20 DF NOOR MUHAMMAD
22 GK MUZAMMIL HUSSAIN
23 MF IMRAN ALI KHAN
26 DF AMIR SIDDIQUI
31 MF DAHAR ABDUL UR REHMAN BAIG 46*
33 GK TANVEER
3 DF F. ISAILI
6 DF ALAAEDDIN A. Y. YAMIN
7 MF HAMDAN H. R. ABUAWAD
10 MF KHADER T D IHLESI
12 MF MOHAMMED M G THIAB
13 GK MOHAMMED M M ORABI
14 MF TAMER M S SEYAM 53 90+3
18 MF HUSSEIN I.H. GHROUF 85
22 GK RAMI K. A. HAMADA
24 MF NEMER W.M. HAMED 90+2
26 MF RAMI I.A. ALMASALMA
Not Eligible
21 MF ADIL
4 DF IBRAHIM E.I. JALAYTA
Not Playing
Team Officials
ZAVISA MILOSAVLJEVIC (Head Coach)
OSAMA K M ABUALIA (Team Manager)
ABDALNASSER S H BARAKAT (Head Coach)
Referee
SAEID MOZAFFARI (I.R. IRAN)
Assistant Referees
ALINEZHADIAN SAEID (I.R. IRAN)
IGOR (TURKMENISTAN)
Fourth Official
SHAMSUZZAMAN HASAN TAYEB (BANGLADESH)
Fifth Official
Match Commissioner
HAMED MOMENI (I.R. IRAN)
Legend:
Goals Own goal Penalties Missed Penalties Red Cards YellowCards
2nd Yellow (Red card) Substitution