LAHORE – Karachi’s Peoples Sports Complex Stadium will host the eagerly-awaited football match between Pakistan and Palestine on Friday (today) at 4 pm.
The stadium, brainchild of former chairman District Municipal Committee (South) Jamshed Ahmed Khan, is situated at Lyari Town, a congested seaside settlement in Karachi. It is the country’s only exclusive and properly floodlit football stadium with 40,000 seats.
It is also a regular venue of for the Pakistan Premier Football League since 2004. It will be the second match of the home and away series between the two countries, with Pakistan losing the opener 2-1. On their away tour in May, the greenshirts will play another two matches. The coaches of Pakistan and Palestine football teams – Tariq Lutfi, Moussa Bezaz- have already announced their squads for the Friday clash. The officials who supervise the Karachi tie will be Rana Naseer Ahmed (Referee), Shahid Hussain and Shafaat Habib (ARs) and Rana Jehanzeb Tipu (4th Official).
Squads:
PAKISTAN: Goal keepers: Muhammad Omar (KESC), Amir Gul (NBP), Defenders: Manzoor Ahmed (WAPDA), Alamgir Khan (Police), Ahsan Ullah (PEL), Obaid Majeed (KPT), Ansar Abbas (Army), Ghazanfar Abbas (PEL)
Midfielders: Faisal Iqbal (NBP), Syed Arif Hussain (WAPDA), Muhammad Tauseef (WAPDA), Muhammad Adil (KRL), Mahmood Khan (KRL), Strikers: Saddam Hussain (PIA), Jadeed Khan Pathan (WAPDA) CAP, Rizwan Asif (KRL), Kalim Ullah ( KRL), Ahmed Akbar Khan, Muhammad Qais ( PMC)
PALESTINE: Goalkeepers (3): Mohammed Shbair (Shabab Al-Khalil), Abdallah Alsidawi CAP (Hilal Al-Quds), Saed Abu Sleem (Markaz Balatah), Defenders (5): Ahmed Harbi Mahajna (Markaz Shabab Al-Am’ari) Mohammed Al-Masri (Shabab Al-Thahriyeh), Khaled Mahdi (Markaz Shabab Al-Am’ari), Samer Hijazi (Jabal Al-Mokaber), Husam Abu Saleh (Hilal Al-Quds), Midfielders (9): Ayman Alhendi (Shabab Al-Khalil), Houssam Wadi ( Jabal Al-Mokaber), Murad Said (Hilal Al-Quds) Suleiman Obeid (Markaz Shabab Al-Am’ari), Hesham Salhe (Hilal Al-Quds), Khader Yousef (Wadi Al-Neiss) Ashraf Alfawaghra (Wadi Al-Neiss), Atef Abu Bilal (Shabab Al-Thahriyeh), Ismail Amour (Jabal Al-Mokaber)
Strikers (4): Mohammed Jebreen (Shabab Al-Bireh), Mohammed Shatrit (Shabab Al-Khalil), Eyad Abugharqud (Markaz Shabab Al-Am’ari), Jamal Allan (Hilal Al-Quds).
