Pakistan Triumph Ruined Nepal Asian Games 2018 U23 Soccer a Great Win

Pakistan Triumph Ruined Nepal Asian Games 2018 Update:

Pakistan Football team won its first match in the Asian Games after about 44 years.

Pakistan defeated Nepal 2-1 in its last Football match in Group ‘D’ at Bekasi, Indonesia on Sunday the 19th August 2018.

Pakistan Triumph Ruined Nepal Asian Games 2018 Details

Nepal started the match in great style as they netted their first goal in the 11th minutes.

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Pakistan Triumph Ruined Nepal Asian Games 2018. Besides that Pakistan players then changed their game plan and kept on playing defensive game.

Therefore, it helped them make their rivals tired and then getting benefit of the situation, the green shirts slammed an equalizer in the 54th minute through M Bilal.

Later, they maintained their possession of the Football and kept on attacking Nepal’s goals.

Pakistan Triumph Ruined Nepal Asian Games 2018. The continuous efforts paid off in the 72nd minute, when captain Saddam converted a beautiful goal to provide Pakistan team 2-1 lead.

Therefore this lead which remained intact till the final whistle and Pakistan emerged as winners. Pakistan Triumph Ruined Nepal Asian Games 2018.

Pakistan Football Fedration (PFF) President Faisal Saleh Hayat has congratulated the boys for earning a well-deserving victory in the mega event.

Pakistan has only ever won three matches at the Asain Games Football event now, the other two being in 1954 and 1974.

The victory, although, is a great moment for Pakistan but it also has a downside.

Pakistan Triumph Ruined Nepal Asian Games 2018. PFF sent off the team without any physio or doctor and sent a masseur instead.

Which meant that if any of the players got injured they wouldn’t have any immediate access to doctor, thus relying on the host nation’s physicians.

As per the Fifa ranking, Pakistan is ranked as 201 because this was the very first tournament after March 2015, when the team last played the Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Yemen, but unfortunately lost against them.

Nepal Against Pakistan

Most importantly the opponent seems quite strong according to the statistics. Here is the comparison between Pakistan and Nepal:

International wins

Pakistan – 53 wins, 38 draws, 151 loss
Nepal – 51 wins, 35 draws, 123 loss

Fifa World Ranking

Pakistan – 201
Nepal – 161

Asian Games wins

Pakistan – 2
Nepal – 0

Fifa World Cup

Both teams have never qualified for Fifa Football World Cup.

Source: Mehran Post

Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018 with 6 Players in Team

Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018 Update:

To organize global football tournaments, a body with the name ‘International Socca Federation’ (ISF) in 2017. Pakistan named as one of its members. The International Soccer Federation (ISF) operate international small-sided football competitions for both national and club team in the formats of 5,6, 7 and 8-a-side football.

ISF brings together the expertise of the industry’s leaders to launch the most exciting international small-sided Soccer tournaments in locations across the world. Any national level organization which runs 5, 6, 7 or 8-a-side Soccer leagues is eligible to register to join ISF and gain the license to run their national team. Once registered and approved, the licensee becomes the exclusive operator of their country’s national team and the only organization eligible to represent their country in ISF world or continental Championships.

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During the inauguration of ISF Pakistan’s representation was carried out by members of Leisure League, who have also organized several mini-football events in Pakistan already.

In a statement issued Thursday the 08th February 2018, an official of Leisure Leagues said:

"Shahzeb Trunkwala of Leisure Leagues is appointed as vice president of the body."

While everyone is dreaming of seeing Pakistan feature in the World Cup and compete against best countries, Pakistan's 6-a-side Soccer team dreams are coming true as they will be participating in Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018.

The Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018 is an event which is organized by International Socca Federation, a world body for mini Soccer. The Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018 is played on a smaller ground with 6 players per team.

Lahore ICAW FC will represent Pakistan at the tournament. The team qualified for the Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018 event after they won the Pakistan’s Leisure League national championship.

In group matches of Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018, Pakistan will face teams from Spain, Russia, and Moldova. The complete schedule is mentioned below:

Each team will play a minimum of three group games, with the top two teams from each group moving into the knockout stages. Winners from groups A, D, F and H will go to one side of the draw. Those teams will pair off against runner-up teams from groups B, C, E and G. The other half of the draw will see Winners from groups B, C, E and G pair off against runner-up teams from groups A, D, F and H. Following true knockout style format, the losing teams from this point onward will be heading home. Quarterfinals, Semifinals and The Final are the only three games that will stand between them and world championship status.

The participating nations, from across Europe, Asia, America and Africa now know the teams which they will meet at the group stages, and the path that they will have to follow to progress to the final, with the winners of Group A facing the runners up of Group B, and so on, in the standard competition format. The groups of Socca Mini Football World Cup 2018 is given below:

Afaq Ahmed, the captain of ICAW FC talking to private news channel said that this playing a global tournament and representing the country is like dream coming true for him.
Afaq Ahmed said:

“What else one can do for football than to send a team from Pakistan to an international tournament. We have never been in a football World Cup. Even though Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018 is not a main Soccer World Cup but for us, Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018 will be of much bigger importance and we are hoping that the nation would be supporting us to claim the title for the country.”

The Pakistan Vie Socca Mini Football World Cup Lisbon 2018 will start from 23rd September 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Source: Mehran Post

Adidas Telstar 18 NFC Sensor Chip Football for FIFA World Cup 2018 Made in Pakistan

Adidas Telstar 18 NFC Sensor Chip Football Update:

Adidas has introduced the official match ball of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Telstar 18. The retro look is contrasted with high-tech in the form of an NFC chip to offer customers new possibilities. Adidas Telstar 18 NFC Sensor Chip Football.

So the new adidas Telstar match ball for the 2018 World Cup has a microchip inside it? Yep. But, what for? Good question. Let us explain what exactly the new NFC "Near Field Communication" technology does. Adidas Telstar 18 NFC Sensor Chip Football.

First thing to clear up is that this isn't the same as the Adidas Micoach Smart Ball. The NFC tech won't measure your shot power, curl and pass speed – It ain't quite as smart as that.

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NFC is a digital technology that allows two devices to exchange data,and in this case you can unlock Adidas stuff on your phone once connected.

The chip? It's located at the top of the ball, under the little WiFi-Esque symbol. You can see the red circle in the picture given above which indicates that NFC Sensor Chip is installed there. Adidas Telstar 18 NFC Sensor Chip Football.

So How Does it Works?

Well, the NFC enabled device (smartphone) sends radio frequency signals that interact with the NFC tag (inserted inside the Telstar 18 ball). The signal allows your phone to communicate with the tag. Your phone will receive the information from the tag, which will then open the Telstar 18 experience. Adidas Telstar 18 NFC Sensor Chip Football.

How Does it Works on Android?

Make sure your phone is unlocked and NFC is enabled by swiping down the control center from the top of the screen, or open your Android's settings and activate NFC on the ""Wireless and Networks"" option. Tap the back of your phone onto the NFC logo on the Telstar 18 surface to launch the experience.

And iPhone?

It works on iPhone too. But only iPhone7/7Plus, iPhone 8/8Plus and iPhone X with iOS11 or newer installed, are enabled to read NFC tags. iOS doesn't have a native functionality to read these tags, so you'll have to download a third party app and use that. Just search NFC tag and you'll find one.

Do I need an app?

No. There's no adidas Telstar NFC App so to speak. You'll just need an NFC-reading app if you've got an iPhone.

The experience offers different functionalities like exclusive information about the product and adidas football content. Not that exciting, right? But it does also offer special competitions and challenges. You can film yourself doing these challenges with the ball and upload them. Plus features will be updated in the run up to the World Cup, so keep tagging.

Pakistan and The Ball

The Telstar 18 has been manufactured by Forward Sports based in Sialkot. Sialkot is known as the hub of world-class sports equipment and for the past few decades, it has been the biggest exporter of footballs to the world. Here are some of the facts about city’s phenomenal sports culture;

• Sialkot is one of the most industrialized cities in the world with around 126 industrial units per square kilometers.
• These industries earn about $2 billion annually making up about 10% of the country’s total exports.
• The industries in the city employ around 400,000 people as well.
• World’s biggest leagues like English Premier League, LaLiga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and UEFA Champions League use the same balls manufactured in Sialkot.
• Sialkot accounts for 70% of the total demand for footballs to the world. More than 40 million footballs are exported every year from the city. The industries have enough capacity to produce 18,000 every day.
• The city got global attention in 1982 when its footballs were used for the first-time ever in the FIFA world cup that year.

Not just footballs, the city is known to provide quality tennis, cricket, and hockey equipment as well. Furthermore, it is also home to the world’s second-best surgical instrument industry as well.

Source: Mehran Post

FIFA World Cup 2018 Pakistani Sialkoti Football To Be Used in Matches

FIFA World Cup 2018 Pakistani Sialkoti Football Update:

When millions of football lovers cheer on their favourite teams at the 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia this summer, Pakistanis will have a special reason to rejoice, although the 198th-ranked football nation will not be participating in the mega event. FIFA World Cup 2018 Pakistani Sialkoti Football. 

Sialkot, a city commonly known as the home of sports goods in Pakistan, has yet again made headlines after it was revealed that the city will be supplying footballs for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in 2018. FIFA World Cup 2018 Pakistani Sialkoti Football.

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Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Dedov confirmed earlier in the week that his country was going to use Pakistan-made footballs for the World Cup matches. FIFA World Cup 2018 Pakistani Sialkoti Football. 

This is not the first time Sialkot has supplied sports goods for international events. In the editions of the FIFA World Cup, Pakistan-made footballs were used during qualifiers and practice matches as well. FIFA World Cup 2018 Pakistani Sialkoti Football.

Alexey Dedov, the Russian Ambassador to Pakistan said:

"Pakistan is one of the most renowned countries in the world in the manufacture of sport equipment. We want to enhance our cooperation with Pakistan to other sectors as well."

Located on the outskirts of northeastern Sialkot city, workers at a local sports company - which is a contracting manufacturer of global sports brand Adidas - are working extra hours to ensure on-time delivery of the footballs.

The city, which borders India, has been famous for producing finest quality sports goods and has been supplying footballs for mega events for a long time.

Forward Sports of Sialkot, which also makes footballs for the German Bundesliga, France Ligue 1 and the Champions League, was also the official football provider of 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Khawaja Masood, the chairman of the company, told Anadolu Agency:

"This is an honour for us, that we are going to provide footballs for the world cup once again. We are very excited to meet this challenge," Khawaja Masood, CEO of Forward Sports, the company entrusted with the task of making footballs for the big summer tournament."

Refusing to give the exact numbers of footballs the company is going to supply for the World Cup alone due to restrictions from Adidas, Khawaja said his firm produced a total of 700,000 footballs a month.

The football that will be used in the upcoming tournament is technically termed as thermo bonded, which was first introduced in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Other types of footballs produced in Sialkot are glued balls and hand stitched balls.

Thermo bonded balls are made by attaching the panels through heat - the latest technology adopted by Adidas and transferred to Forward Sports in 2013.

Khawaja told Anadolu Agency:

"Although Pakistan football team will not be participating in the forthcoming World Cup, its presence will be felt in all the matches [because of the balls]."

According to Husnain Cheema, president of the Pakistan Sports Goods Association, the country will export around 10 million footballs across the world this year.

Source: Mehran Post

International Gothia Cup U18 Football Tournament 2017 Pakistan Slammed India by 12-0

International Gothia Cup U18 Football Tournament 2017 Update: Finding out that our countrymen thrashed the Indians in football were an honorable news to hear, especially in a sport which is not giving much importance to Pakistan.

However, it was indeed disappointing to hear how none of the media outlets in our country were talking about this news. Hence, it wasn’t brought much to the attention of the locals.

Moving on to the big news – International Gothia Cup U18 Football Tournament 2017 Pakistan beat India by the score of 12-0.

Islamabad Football Association (IFA) beat RSSA – Rising Sun Soccer Academy by the score of 12-0 in the under-18 tournament.

The Pakistani boys made the match one-sided by leading the first half of the International Gothia Cup U18 Football Tournament 2017 with the score of 7-0.

Hassam Khan scored four goals, whereas, Sheryar Khan scored three, Ali Imam scored twice and Naufil Hussain, Ahtisham, and Abdullah Shah managed to score one each.

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The representing team of Pakistan in International Gothia Cup U18 Football Tournament 2017, IFA has to play a total of six matches in the group stage.

They have played four matches in International Gothia Cup U18 Football Tournament 2017, out of which they won three matches and one got through a walkover. They have beat the team of China, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh in International Gothia Cup U18 Football Tournament 2017.

Sadly though, quite a few people have been talking about this achievement since this wasn’t brought to the attention of locals by the media.

It is indeed a great news to see how our boys are bringing pride to the name of their country in China by leading the tournament stages so far. We wish the Islamabad Football Association players all the best of luck and hope they bring the cup back home.

About International Gothia Cup

Gothia Cup is the world’s largest and most international youth football tournament. Each year, around 1700 teams from 80 nations take part and they play 4500 games on 110 fields.

It’s the teams, and participants from around the world that make the tournament unique. A meeting place for the world’s youth, irrespective of religion, skin color or nationality, with football as the common denominator. Our organization consists of eight full-time employed staff and during the tournament works more than 2 500 people.

Gothia Cup was first held in 1975. The tournament was started by the football associations BK Häcken, GAIS and a local newspaper but has been owned since the early 80’s entirely and solely by BK Häcken. Through the years, almost a million players from a total of 146 countries have participated in the tournament.

Source: Mehran Post