Pakistan at Mauritius 4 Nations Football series 2023 June 11th-June 18th

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Pakistan Mens Football team will be taking part in Mauritius 4 Nations Football Series. This tourney will be used at prepartion for Saff Championship for Pakistan Perspective.

The tournament will include Pakistan, Kenya, Mauritius, and Djibouti

This will be a great experience for the team, to play some African sides.

Pakistan have never played Djibouti or Mauritius in Men's International football so this will be interesting to see how they fare.

Pakistan has played Kenya once, in their footballing history.


Tournament Schedule

June 11th: Pakistan vs Mauritius
June 11th: Kenya vs Djibouti

June 14th: Pakistan vs Kenya
June 14th: Djibouti vs Mauritius

June 17th: Pakistan vs Djibouti
June 18th: Kenya vs Mauritius

I believe this tourney will not have a semi-final or final, rather the team who finishes first in standings will be crowned champions.

Best of Luck Pakistan Football Team

 

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Pakistan will begin their SAFF Cup preparation on Sunday (today) when they take on hosts Mauritius in the opening game of the four-nation football event at the Anjalay Stadium Belle Vue Harel.

Pakistan held their training session on Saturday.

“Yes, today we held our second training session,” Pakistan head coach Shehzad Anwar told ‘The News’ from Mauritius.

Pakistan will also benefit from the presence of nine solid foreign-based players, also including Otis Khan, Easah Suliman, Hasan Bashir and Harun Hamid.

However, Shehzad said that former England youth team captain Easah Suliman and Denmark-based defender Abdullah Iqbal will be missing the first game against Mauritius.

“They will arrive on June 12,” Shehzad revealed.

“The rest of the diaspora players have reached and were involved in training sessions and they were found in top shape,” Shehzad said.

He said that all players are fit and ready for the showdown against Mauritius.

“All are fit and we are ready for tomorrow’s game. I am very much optimistic about Pakistan's win,” Shehzad said.

Kenya and Djibouti are the other teams in the event being held on the basis of single league basis. The outfit, which will finish at the summit on points, will be declared the winners.

Kenya are the highest-ranked side in the tournament with 102 ranking. They are followed by Mauritius, which also are set to play almost after a year, with 180 ranking. Djibouti stand at 193 and Pakistan are the lowest-ranked side with 195 ranking.

The current Pakistan team is dominated by diaspora players with some having good credentials. It will be a testing time for the foreign-based stuff and will be interesting to see how they perform for the country in this four-nation tournament which is a preparatory phase for the SAFF Cup where Pakistan will have to face tough India and Kuwait in their group.

Meanwhile former Pakistan assistant coach Nasir Ismail said that there will be no benefit of the foreign-based players.

“I don’t think their presence will benefit the team. Their presence will make a difference only when they train with the home-grown players in the camp for a minimum of 20 days,” Nasir told The News.

“The second thing is that if you are to prepare for the SAFF Cup where you will face India and Kuwait then you needed to give exposure to your team against such sides who are better than India and Kuwait,” Nasir pointed out.

“Only Kenya is a better side in this event. It would have been better had the team been sent to Saudi Arabia or Dubai. Playing against UAE Under-23 team could also benefit Pakistan in their preparation for the SAFF Cup,” Nasir said.

Pakistan will face their next game against Kenya on June 14 with their last to come up against Djibouti on June 17.

Pakistan, if allowed by the state, will then move to India from Mauritius to feature in the SAFF Cup scheduled to be held in Bengaluru from June 21 to July 4.

Meanwhile, Tony Francois’ Mauritius will be trying their level best to take a solid start against Pakistan which is a new opponent for them. Pakistan in recent months played just two games against Nepal and Maldives and lost them both.

Pakistan squad:
Goalkeepers: Saqib Hanif, Salman-ul-Haq, Yousaf Ijaz Butt

Defenders: Muhammad Umar Hayat, Ali Khan Niazi, Muhammad Sufyan, Mamoon Moosa Khan, Syed Abdullah Shah, Haseeb Ahmed Khan, Sardar Wali, Easah Suliman, Abdullah Iqbal

Midfielders: Alamgir Ali Khan Ghazi, Ali Uzair Mahmood, Moin Ahmed, Shayak Dost, Muhammad Waleed Khan, Rahis Nabi, Harun Hamid, Muhammad Adnan Yaqoob

Forwards: Abdul Samad Shahzad, Otis Jan Mohammad Khan, Hassan Naweed Bashir, Muhammad Waheed.

GEO

 

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Pakistan lost their opening match 3-0 Mauritius

Seems like the new additions will need some time to find chemistry

 

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Grimsby Town attacking midfielder Otis Khan has made his international debut for Pakistan in Mauritius.

Khan, 27, who has just been named in a first-of-its-kind South Asians in Football Team of the Season, started against the host nation in the opening match of the Mauritius Four Nations Cup.

Kenya and Djibouti are the other nations taking part, with Pakistan competing as part of their preparations for this month's South Asian Football Federation Championship (SAFF) in India.

Sky Sports News exclusively revealed last month that Khan's international clearance was on the verge of completion, with the Pakistan Football Federation confirming the news the following day to the delight of Shaheens fans worldwide.

FA Council member and former Blackburn Rovers academy player Jimmy Khan, who played for Pakistan in 1989, told Sky Sports News representing Pakistan "will mean everything to Otis".
Khan spent the formative years of his early development at Manchester United's academy before joining Sheffield United where he turned professional and made his senior league debut in 2014.

After a brief spell at Barnsley, Khan joined Yeovil Town where he became a fan favourite with 18 goals and 15 assists across 87 games for the club. An 18-month stay at Mansfield Town was followed by a loan at Newport County, before he joined Tranmere Rovers as a free agent.

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Khan was part of the Tranmere side that reached the League Two play-offs in the 2020/21 season, while also finishing runners-up in the EFL Trophy final.

He has since played for both Walsall and Leyton Orient, before electing to join Grimsby Town on a two-year deal last summer.

Khan made 31 League Two appearances for Grimsby last term and played a key role in the Mariners' run to the quarter-finals of last season's FA Cup.

The midfielder scored twice in the competition and also featured in Grimsby's memorable fifth round win away at Southampton.

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The match between Kenya vs Djibouti which was suppose to take place on sunday has been cancelled


Apparently the Kenyan football team were not able to get a flight to arrive on time and should be arriving Monday

 

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Pakistan lost their second match to Kenya 1-0 it is to be noted Kenya is ranked 102 in the world, i was suspecting a bigger result for Kenya

 

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Djibouti beat Mauritius by a score of 3-1

 

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The last fixtures are the following

June 17th: Pakistan vs Djibouti
June 18th: Kenya vs Mauritius

 

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So the Pak team cant play..

 

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Pakistan lost their last and final match 3-1 to Djibouti

Pakistan ends tournament winless and it only have scored one goal in three matches

2 of the goals conceited or due to a goalkeeper error

Pak should have scored more goals some good chances made but poor finishing, not great defending, and bad goals from goalkeeper has cost Pakistan.


Pak has a long way to go but best of luck for Saff Cup

 

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Pakistan lost their last and final match 3-1 to Djibouti

Pakistan ends tournament winless and it only have scored one goal in three matches

2 of the goals conceited or due to a goalkeeper error

Pak should have scored more goals some good chances made but poor finishing, not great defending, and bad goals from goalkeeper has cost Pakistan.


Pak has a long way to go but best of luck for Saff Cup

Pakistan lost their last game in the four-nation cup against Djibouti 3-1 in Mauritius on Saturday.

Djibouti took an early lead in the game with Dooualeh M. Elabeh netting the ball in the 10th minute. Despite equaliser chances, Pakistan failed to score a goal.


In the 73rd minute, Gabriel Dadzie of Djibouti, who are ranked 193 in the FIFA rankings, scored another goal to make the lead 2-0.

Pakistan's Hayat Mohammad Umar pulled one back in the 84th minute to give hope to the men in green with the scoreboard reading 2-1 but Samuel Akinbinu scored one more for Djibouti just after a minute later.

With the victory over Pakistan, Djibouti won the four-nation cup tournament.

Kenya were the highest-ranked side in the tournament with a 102 ranking. They were followed by Mauritius at 180 ranking. Djibouti stands at 193 and Pakistan are the lowest-ranked side at 195.

Earlier, The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) received No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination ahead of the national men’s team’s participation in the SAFF Championship in India.

The IPC today issued the notification, which was addressed to Director of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Shoaib Khoso.

The Pakistan team will depart for the event, which will be held in Bengaluru, India, from June 21 to July 4, on June 18 from Mauritius.

Pakistan have already submitted visa applications to the Indian embassy in Mauritius.

In the SAFF Cup, Pakistan have been bracketed with India in Pool A which also carries Kuwait and Nepal.

 

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Mauritius beat kenya 1-0 in the last game of the tourney

 

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Long way to go for the men in green but at least they are playing.