LAHORE, Oct 4: Wapda registered their second win in the Pakistan Premier Soccer League (PPSL) when they beat Wohaib Club 2-1 on Tuesday at Model Town ground. The hero for Wapda, national champions in 1983, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, was their spearhead Zulfiqar Ali Shah who scored one goal and created the other for Niaz. It was the second win for Wapda who have ten points after six matches. Wohaib Club have six points from seven outings.
Zulfiqar opened the scoring beating impressive Bilal Rafiq under the bar in the 16th minute with a sweetly-timed corner from right wing that landed into the net. Wapda led 1-0 at interval.
Wohaib made several dangerous movements in search of equalizer but their front-runners failed to capitalize on chances while Wapda’s international goalkeeper Asadullah Tariq was also in fine form and brought couple of excellent saves.
Striker Muhammad Niaz virtually put the match beyond Wohaib’s reach in the 70th minute when he outjumped everybody to head the right-wing cross of Zulfiqar into the net.
Wohaib pulled one back in the 79th minute when skipper Faisal Khan went into the box and his attempt ricocheted off right-full Shahid and stopper Tanveer allowing substitute striker Fahad to tuck the ball low into right corner.
The matches to be played are: Sept 7 Wohiab FC vs Army, Sept 9 Wapda vs Army, Sept 10 Wohaib FC vs Afghan FC, Sept 12 Wapda vs Afghan FC, Sept 13 Wohaib FC vs KRL, Sept 15 Wapda vs KRL, Sept 17 Wohaib FC vs Navy, Sept 18 Wapda vs Afghan FC.
Meanwhile, central defender Muhammad Ahmed will lead Wohaib Club under-17 team during 4th National U-17 championship currently in progress at Quetta.
Wohaib Club is the only club of Pakistan to have the honour of playing in the Asian Club Championship finals, representing the country in the 12th edition of the trophy in 1992 in Bahrain.
Wohaib’s U-17 team is making its debut in the national championship while their youth team, on maiden appearance, finished second in the 18th National Youth Championship at Abbottabad in July last.
A club spokesman said on Tuesday that Jibran Butt would act as vice-captain at Quetta while other players are:
Muhammad Nadeem, Ibrar, Javed Khan, Sohail Shabbir, Fahad Bashir, Muhammad Azhar, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Rasheed, Shiraz Ahmed, Muhammad Khurram, Muhammad bin Wasim, Mujahid and Abdul Haseeb.
Manager: Khalid Zaidi. Coach Muhammad Mehmood.—APP
