Hockey Worldcup 2006 - [Mönchengladbach, Germany]

[GoldenAsif]

Re: Hockey Worldcup 2006 - [Mönchengladbach, Germany]

@Uncle Stalker

and all this fairy tail was based on the pre-assumption that Pakistan would beat the aussies - which they planned to do blind folded and using only their left hands, because of our superior history in Field hockey ....

Not one team in the history of field hockey has been able to produce a forward line that could come close to the killer combo of Sami, Hasan, Hanif, Manzoor, Kaleem - It really brings tears to the eyes when I see the current status of our hockey team.

Yes that was one amazing forward line. In those days we never thought about defeat. The only question was what will be our victory margin? Those wins 're even more commendable given that we were traditionally not very good at converting penalty corners. The exact reverse has happened now. Our forward line sucks and it's only since the mid 90s that we have started converting penalty corners courtesy of Sohail Abbas....... even though he failed to live upto expectations in this tournament.