Sindh and Islamabad reached the final of the National U-14 Football Championship-2012 being played here at Jinnah Sports Complex, Islamabad.
In the semi-finals, Sindh beat Karachi Zone B 4-0 with goals coming from Shah Zaib in the first minute and Muneer Munna scored three goals in the 10th, 21st and 31st Minutes. In the second semi-final, Islamabad beat Punjab 2-1. Islamabad got its goals from Bahlol Khan (FW) in the 25th minute and Hassam Mahmood (FW) in the 40th minute.
Punjab’s scorer was Farrukh who found the cage in the 33rd minute. Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, President, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) will grace the occasion as chief guest for the final match between Sindh and Islamabad of National U-14 Football Championship-2012 at Jinnah Sports Complex, Islamabad today and will award the trophies and cash prizes among the top three teams of the championship.
Faisal said that the PFF in line with its emphasis on PFF Vision Plan 2020 and Youth Development Program has hosted this championship. “PFF has introduced PFF Vision 2020 Plan which the PFF has unveiled on June 21, 2008 will take Pakistan to new height. This ambitious plan will create pavement to the PFF in earning berth in top 15 Asian teams as well earning tickets of World Cup, Olympics and FIFA age-limit competitions in coming decade”, the President added. It is pertinent to mention here that stringent age scrutiny was conducted before and during the championship.
FATA was scratched out from the championship due to 14 overage players and 46 others players of different participating teams were stopped to play due to the very same reason. The 15 teams took part in this 13 days championship comprising of Faisalabad Zone, Lahore Zone, Karachi Zone A, Karachi Zone B, Quetta Zone, Chaman Zone, Peshawar Zone, Noshehra Zone. The provinces teams are Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and regions teams are Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Federally Administrative Area (FATA).
