My feelings exactly
** Results for Tuesday 26 February
Korea 2 India 1
Malaysia 1 Japan 0
Australia 1 England 0
Poland 4 Cuba 1**
For more info on the tournament go to:
http://www.hockeyworldcup2002.com/factfile/default.cfm
[This message has been edited by ehsan (edited February 26, 2002).]
Well hopefully the game against Belgium will be a lesson well learnt - don't lose heart and stick to the job! I see very tough times ahead.
Holland were lucky to get a winner against Argentina in the dying seconds - pity.
And how about India losing to Korea (1-2)!!!
Aussies creep past England 1-0.
Hockey was a real pleasure, to play and watch, when it used to be played on natural grass. Since going to synthetic surface the game has basically become a test of strength and physical fitness rather than hockey artistry. One of the reasons for the decline in Pakistan and India has been the lack of artificial grounds (very expensive). The continuous changes in rules have also affected the game, often negatively, although eliminating the off-side rule has made the game simpler to play and refree.
Is anybody recording the matches? I wouldn't mind receiving a copy of some of the better matches.
**Results for 27 February
Pakistan 2 New Zealand 0
Malaysia 3 India 2
Australia 5 Poland 1
Spain 3 Germany 2
Argentina 4 South Africa 1
Holland 5 Belgium 1
England 7 Cuba 0
Korea 3 Japan 0**
** Well Played Pakistan, keeping their 100% record intact**
Germany’s loss to spain goes in Pakistan’s favour and India is in deep trouble.
Report on the Pak match from http://www.hockeyworldcup2002.com follows:
**Pakistan already looking ahead **
PAK: (0) 2 Shahbaz Ahmed (39,F), Khalid Saleem (57,F)
NZL: (0) 0
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27: Pakistan stayed in touch with defending champion the Netherlands in Pool A with this pedestrian win over New Zealand.
The Asians are second to the Dutch on goal difference with tough matches against the title holders, the formidable Germans, giant-killing Spain and the improving Argentines to come.
Today, it was obvious that they were saving themselves for the upcoming matches. The Kiwis frustrated them for an entire session before eventually surrendering in the second half.
The legendary Shahbaz Ahmed opened the account for Pakistan after the break before Khalid Saleem scored another for insurance 13 minutes from the end.
Pakistan are on nine points after having beaten South Africa 5-0 in their opening game followed by a come-from-behind win against the Belgians on Feb 25.
The New Zealanders, on the other hand, have lost all their games, scoring a solitary goal while conceding nine.
They play again tomorrow against South Africa in a battle to avoid last place in their group.
PAKISTAN: Qasim Muhammad, Tariq Imran, Sohail Abbas, Wassim Ahmed, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Saqlain, Ghazanfar Ali, Muhammad Sarwar, Kashif Jawad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Khalid Saleem, (Muhammad Shabbir, Dilawar Hussain, Atif Bashir, Mudassar Khan, Muhammad Nadeem)
NEW ZEALAND: Simon Towns, Darren Smith, Dion Gosling, Blair Hopping, Ryan Archibald, Umesh Parag, Bevan Hari, Michael Bevin, Phillip Burrows, Hayden Shaw, Hymie Gill (Peter Stafford, Mitesh Patel, David Kosoof, Ken Robinson)
[This message has been edited by ehsan (edited February 27, 2002).]
Pakistan Ballay Ballay…
http://www3.pak.org/gupshup/smilies/ok.gif
india lagaya thallay thallay…
http://www3.pak.org/gupshup/smilies/nook.gif
…
God bless u all…
DerVaisH
muhabatein theen kabhi apne dermian kitni…
bicha gaye hai anna hum mein doorian kitni…
abhi to toota hai dil hi teri judai mein…
girein gi hum pe abhi aur bijlian kitni…
>>>>Spain 3 Germany 2
Now that's interesting!
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Originally posted by ahmadjee:
**>>>>Spain 3 Germany 2
Now that's interesting!**
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Please don't be surprised, Spain is a really good team, everyone here is looking forward to Pak playing Holland and Germany, but we might end up beating these two teams and loosing to Argentina and Spain.
I think our next match is against Argentina.
Now our team will be tested for the first time in the tournament.
I think Pak's scheaduale in this tournament will favor them alot as they start out with the easiest team and play the toughest one in the end.
In that way our guys can be in good touch when they play in the end.
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Originally posted by UMAIR316:
**
I think our next match is against Argentina.
Now our team will be tested for the first time in the tournament.
I think Pak's scheaduale in this tournament will favor them alot as they start out with the easiest team and play the toughest one in the end.
In that way our guys can be in good touch when they play in the end.
**
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The remaining matches of Pakistan are as follows:
28 February against Argentina
2 March against Holland
3 March against Spain
5 March against Germany
This Pakistani goalie is awesome!!!
He was the hero of the day, if he had not taken out those two certain goal attempts in the first half, we would have lost this one!!
Shahbaz has proven that he is still the man!!
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Originally posted by UMAIR316:
** but we might end up beating these two teams and loosing to Argentina and Spain.
**
[/quote]
Urdu mein aik misel hai ... "shakal achi na ho to ..."
ps. replace "shakal" with "guppie face"! :)
Masha'allah, Pakistan is doing great so far! Go Pak!
Does Pakistan get to play against India at any point? Just asking...
Pakistan and India can meet in the next round depending on where they finish. At the moment it looks like they wont meet.
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Originally posted by ehsan:
Pakistan and India can meet in the next round depending on where they finish. At the moment it looks like they wont meet.
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And by that ehsan bhai doesn't mean the situation of Pakistan but India.
Where is Andhra?
No sign of the Indians here
http://www3.pak.org/gupshup/smilies/smile.gif
Maybe they are busy celeberating their victory over the test cricketing giants Zimbabwe
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It wasnt too long ago their coach was boasting that only a team like India itself could defeat them…
I just hope our boys in green do make a mess in the first halves like they have done in the previous matches; The real test starts now…
Lets Go Pakistan!!!
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I demand Umair be banned from posting in this thread until Pak is still in the race, provoking article 316 of the guppie land
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Our first slightly tough atch and we lost
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We gave away 11 planty corners
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and had very little control over the ball. What we would d against better teams?
** Results for 28 February
Pakistan 1 Argentina 2
Spain 1 Holland 1
New Zealand 2 South Africa 1
Germany 3 Belgium 0**
Pakistan’s first loss
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Don’t cry for me, Pakistan
ARG (0) 2 Tomas Mac Cormik (46,F), Matias Paredes (59,F)
PAK (1) 1 Sohail Abbas (9,PC)
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28: Argentina have made a habit of picking up at least one big-name scalp in almost every tournament they play in. Today, the victim was Pakistan, yet again.
Playing with a passion and commitment sadly lacking among the Pakistanis, the South Americans overran their Asian rivals time and again and only poor finishing and sheer bad luck prevented a heftier scoreline.
**The loss has severely dented Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the last four as their remaining matches are against the top three teams in Pool A - defending champion the Netherlands, Utrecht '98 runner-up Spain and favourite Germany. **
With such tough back-to-back matches to go, the Asians could even finish out of the top four in their group and suffer the humiliation of having to battle for the 9th - 16th placings.
Pakistan, however, started the ball rolling in today’s match. Sohail Abbas flicked home a short corner to move to five goals and an outright lead in the top scorers’ table.
Argentina then besieged their opponent’s D, winning a series of short corners which failed to produce any dividends despite the many attempts by marksman Jorge Lombi.
It was a different story after the break. The Argentines continued to press and were immediately rewarded by a field goal from Tomas Mac Cormik.
With 11 minutes remaining, Matias Paredes was on hand to push the ball past Pakistani goalie Muhammad Qasim following another incisive attack by their forwards. Pakistan went in search of the equalizer and won two penalty corners in the closing minutes. For once, Abbas could not be his side’s saviour as he has been so often.
Pakistan face the Netherlands on Saturday while Argentina should pick up another three points against Belgium.
ARGENTINA: Juan Pablo Hourquebie, Maximiliano Caldas, Ezequiel Paulon, Mariano Chao, Mario Almada, Carlos Retegui, Tomas Mac Cormik, Rodrigo Vila, Jorge Lombi, Fernando Zylberberg, German Orozco (Matias Paredes, Santiago Capurro, Matias Vila, Juan Eduardo Garetta)
PAKISTAN: Qasim Muhammad, Tariq Imran, Sohail Abbas, Wassim Ahmed, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Saqlain, Ghazanfar Ali, Muhammad Sarwar, Kashif Jawad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Khalid Saleem, (Muhammad Shabbir, Dilawar Hussain, Atif Bashir, Mudassar Khan, Muhammad Nadeem)
[This message has been edited by ehsan (edited February 28, 2002).]
:-/
very hi sad indeed...
God bless u all...
DerVaisH
muhabatein theen kabhi apne dermian kitni...
bicha gaye hai anna hum mein doorian kitni...
abhi to toota hai dil hi teri judai mein...
girein gi hum pe abhi aur bijlian kitni...
I think this loss is better for the team, since they were taking things to easy...
Unlike the previous matches, they did score in the first few attempts, but then they lost it...
Its a lesson for the team, and if they are to win this one, they need to do a whole lot better, especially when its Holland and Germany they are up against.
(A Heart Broken)
Spock
No need to worry, Pakistan is still in the 3rd spot, eventhough we still play 3 really good teams.
Like I said before, we need to watch out for the underrated teams, Argentina proved to be really good team.