VIENTIANE (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ki under-17 football team ne Hafte ko Vientiane mein mezban Laos ko 3-0 se shikast de kar AFC U17 Asian Cup 2027 mein jagah ki dor mein khud ko barqarar rakha. Muhammad Essa ne do goal kiye.
Teenon goal New Laos National Stadium mein pehle half mein hue, aur teenon baen janib se aane wali gendon par bane. Essa ne 14wein minute mein Abdul Samad ki free-kick par header ke zariye gend goalkeeper Sankham Thavithong ke upar se jaal mein pohncha kar bartari dilai.
27wein minute mein Muhammad Moosa ne do defenders ko peechhe chhor kar cross kiya, jis par Hazrat Abbas ne header se doosra goal kiya. Phir half-time se ain pehle Samad ke cross par Essa ne apna doosra goal kiya.
Waqfe ke baad Laos ne behtar khel pesh kiya, lekin goalkeeper Samar Razzaq ne unhein goal nahin karne diya. Unhon ne 50wein minute mein Phonesavanh Khonephachit ke khilaf one-on-one muqabla jeeta aur phir Sisombat Vilaysone ka shot mazbooti se roka, jabke Sounikone Inthabanleuang ki 30 gaz se li gayi free-kick bar ke zara upar se nikal gayi. 81wein minute mein jab Razzaq se gend ka andaza lagane mein ghalti hui to Kaisone Muenviseth gend ko sahih tarah na laga sake.
Is jeet se Group D ke teen matches mein Pakistan ke chhe points ho gaye hain. Team ne 8 November ko Sri Lanka ko 3-1 se hara kar aaghaz kiya tha aur Budh ko Iran se 1-0 se haar gayi thi, jab Amir Mohamed Zarei ne naveen minute mein goal kiya aur aakhri lamhaat mein Pakistan ka ye daawa mustarad kar diya gaya ke gend goal line paar kar chuki thi.
Iran aur Jordan ke bhi do do matches mein chhe chhe points hain. Iran ne Hafte ko is se pehle Sri Lanka ko 11-0 se haraya, jabke Jordan Laos ko 2-0 aur Sri Lanka ko 10-0 se shikast de chuka hai. Final round mein saat jagahein abhi baqi hain, har qualifying group ke liye aik, is liye sirf group fateh hi aage jayenge.
Iran Mangal ko Jordan se khelega, aur Pakistan 20 November, Jumma ko Jordan ke khilaf apni muhim khatam karega. Final round agle saal Uzbekistan mein hoga.
Isi roz Pakistan ki under-19 cricket team Asia Cup ke final mein Bharat se aakhri gend par aik wicket se haar gayi.
