Sloppy Pakistan suffers Kuwait humiliating
Pakistan are out of the running to progress in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship as the team succumbed to another 4-0 defeat in the competition on Saturday evening at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore.
Pakistan were thrashed by Kuwait, courtesy of a dispersed defense and barely any pressure from the forwards on the opponents.
The 23-year-old Mobarak Al-Faneeni proved to be too agile for the Pakistani defense, beating them to score twice.
The team conceded their first goal in the 10th minute when Hasan al Enezi scored on a stray ball, seemingly upsetting the Pakistani goalkeeper Yousaf Ejaz Butt.
It was the Al-Faneeni show just after six minutes when the youngster found the back of the net on an Eid Naser Al Rashedi’s pass. The right-winger was instrumental in keeping the Pakistani defense, literally and figuratively, on their toes.
Al-Faneeni made no mistake in extending the lead for Kuwait in the first minute of extra time in the first half. The defense again looked too far away to catch Al-Faneeni and he grabbed the opportunity to slot into an almost empty net.
Kuwait were hungry for more and in the second half, as early as the 48th minute, they did score but it was declared off-side. Al Rashedi, however, succeeded in adding to the tally in the 69th minute.
Pakistan made a few changes to the squad from their opening match of the tournament against hosts India, which they also lost 4-0.
Although the team had to play only a few hours after landing in Bangalore, without any time to recover from their journey from Mauritius, they were given the grace and it was evident that they were too tired to play on June 21.
However, on Saturday,
