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Mostar95 · Jun 11th, 2009, 11:37 AM

Pakistan defeat world champion Argentina 3:2
The world champion took the lead after seven minutes when Leandro Tolini converted the rebound of a penalty corner. After the goal Argentina concentrated more on defending because Pakistan tried to put them early under pressure. By the time Pakistan gained a lot of opportunities but all of them failed. Argentina´s goalkeeper Federico Bermejillo saved not only the dangerous penalty corners, he also brought Pakistan into desperation with his skills. But 43 seconds before the half time whistle Pakistan equalized. Bermejillo left his goal to reach the ball near the circle line but it passed him and arrived at Abbas Haider who waited at the right post of an empty goal.
Both teams played even more concentrated in the second half, nobody wanted to make mistakes. Argentina had temporally more chances but they were not able to use them. In the middle of the second half both teams missed one player sent off with a yellow card. First Pakistan failed two penalty corners. Afterwards the world champion attacked again and won a penalty corner. Muhammad Irfan fouled the Argentinean flicker and the umpire decided to give a penalty stroke which was converted by Santiago Montelli.
Both played with passion which turned into indiscipline later. The Argentinean Sebastian Zocchi saw the red card and the World Champion had only ten players left on the pitch. Afterwards a slugfest was developed where Muhammad Irfan was able to equalize for Pakistan again. The equalizer let Pakistan play very confident. Their next penalty corner was converted by Muhammad Zubair who deflected the shot. Two minutes before the final whistle Pakistan´s goal scorer Abbas Haider was sent off with red as well.

Finally Pakistan saved very important three points supported by the majority of the crowd. Argentina needs to beat Egypt tomorrow to keep chances for the round of the best eight teams.
Pakistan v Argentina 3:2 (1:1)
0:1 Leandro TOLINI (PC), 1:1 Abbas HAIDER (FG), 1:2 Santiago MONTELLI (PS), 2:2 Muhammad IRFAN (FG), 3:2 Muhammad ZUBAIR (PC)

Jun 11th, 2009, 11:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mostar95 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 8, 2006 - 5:47 am Location: South West London Posts: 6,174	Pakistan defeat world champion Argentina 3:2 The world champion took the lead after seven minutes when Leandro Tolini converted the rebound of a penalty corner. After the goal Argentina concentrated more on defending because Pakistan tried to put them early under pressure. By the time Pakistan gained a lot of opportunities but all of them failed. Argentina´s goalkeeper Federico Bermejillo saved not only the dangerous penalty corners, he also brought Pakistan into desperation with his skills. But 43 seconds before the half time whistle Pakistan equalized. Bermejillo left his goal to reach the ball near the circle line but it passed him and arrived at Abbas Haider who waited at the right post of an empty goal. Both teams played even more concentrated in the second half, nobody wanted to make mistakes. Argentina had temporally more chances but they were not able to use them. In the middle of the second half both teams missed one player sent off with a yellow card. First Pakistan failed two penalty corners. Afterwards the world champion attacked again and won a penalty corner. Muhammad Irfan fouled the Argentinean flicker and the umpire decided to give a penalty stroke which was converted by Santiago Montelli. Both played with passion which turned into indiscipline later. The Argentinean Sebastian Zocchi saw the red card and the World Champion had only ten players left on the pitch. Afterwards a slugfest was developed where Muhammad Irfan was able to equalize for Pakistan again. The equalizer let Pakistan play very confident. Their next penalty corner was converted by Muhammad Zubair who deflected the shot. Two minutes before the final whistle Pakistan´s goal scorer Abbas Haider was sent off with red as well. Finally Pakistan saved very important three points supported by the majority of the crowd. Argentina needs to beat Egypt tomorrow to keep chances for the round of the best eight teams. Pakistan v Argentina 3:2 (1:1) 0:1 Leandro TOLINI (PC), 1:1 Abbas HAIDER (FG), 1:2 Santiago MONTELLI (PS), 2:2 Muhammad IRFAN (FG), 3:2 Muhammad ZUBAIR (PC)