Much more experienced Indian side? Pakistan senior team was playing against Indian u23 team

Well Done Pakistan Football Team to reach the semi finals after a long break from internationals Keep Improving Guys ...

Congratulations to Indian team!!

Pakistan plays football. really?

No problems if India played well then the deserve credit. Well played.

@Naveen Mohan - india's fifa rank is 96. so,man, both are in worst category only...

@Ashton They are indeed more experienced by Pakistani standard. Better facilities, better education and better training.

India playing with there under-23 team. Pak have to play more game to compete with Indian team

Soon India is going to become the soccer powerhouse in Asia.. The target is to be top 5 in next 5 years and then in top 50 in next 10. Hopefully we can see India play world cup in next 10 years. I wish good talented pakistani players could play in Indian super league.

@susmita don't be apologist to Pak, Pakistan rank is 203 in figs rankings, secondly it was not India's senior team it was India u 23 team for it info

Andhon mein kaana raja (one-eyed is king among the blind)

@Naveen Mohan Same question to Indians .... really?

India has sent its junior team

@susmita India 96 Pakistan 201 srilanka is 200

@susmita For your information, Pakistan's fifa ranking is 201, the lowest in south Asia

Where is Dr. Salaria? Keep up green shirts, hang on tough...

Please stop viewing this as a matter of national pride and stop taking away the joy of the game . A one sided game is no fun and a good contest is the best reward for a sports fan . Please increase participation at all levels from club sport and beyond so that sports can flourish in the region and not be held hostage to a political agenda.

Congratulation to both teams

India for reaching to the Final. Pakistan to reach far beyond expectations !

congrats to indian team and well played pakistan

well played guys, out smart them if you look India ranking compare to ours.

Win or lose in the game happens. It doesn't matter if Pakistan lost in semi final. The more important thing the revival of football in Pakistan. Pakistan Football Federation should improve the infrastructure of football at grass root level in the country. There should be more grounds and stadiums for football in big cities of Pakistan. There is a talent, the more awareness will be given of the football in Pakistan can lead the most emergence of young players. Well done Pakistan football team and good luck for the future keep working hard

It was under-23 team of India. They lacked international experience. Still India gave good result.

@Ch.Yasir Azim Outsmart??? India did not play it's "senior" team like Pakistan. It was U23 team that defeated Pakistani senior team.

I wish fans support this game as this is a global one

Pakistan should have sent its Street Boys Team that reached the world final.

First Hockey than Soccer, India is defeating Pakistan.

@FARID Good excuse.

Pakistanis were playing physically against the Indian kids,it was odd to watch

Indian u-23 experimental side beats a national team of Pakistan

@Ch.Yasir Azim Losing 3-1 is outsmarting???? Keep outsmarting and losing then

@Ripan under 23 are not kids

@Anand Tiwari. Most of the supposed Indian commentators are hung up on their team being U23 rather than revelling in victory. Just goes to show negative mindset. Welldone to Pak team for making it this far and giving us hope. Congratulations to the Indian soccer team.

this was India's second string side. none of senior players were playing

@Ch.Yasir Azim but it was under 23 team of india.not the senior team

Bangladesh also beat Pakistan 1-0 in 2018 SAFF games at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.

If we can only organize this sport better....and give it due importance...

There was no fair-tale run for the Pakistan team. In the league stages they lost to Bangladesh who did not even qualify for the knock-out stages. Pakistan team had several players who are playing regularly in foreign clubs. Yet their performance is less than the adequate.

@ Farhan Ahmed, Agreed. We need to put more emphasis on football rather than the cricket in South Asia.

Had it beet the regular Indian side lead by Sunil Chettri. The goal difference would had been way bigger. Indian Super League is improving football really well for Indian youngsters too.

This was an India u 23 team. This was not Indias top senior team that qualified for the Asia cup in uae

Congrates to indians for bringing politics in sports. I am glad Pakistan still plays football as a sport as can be seen in this comment section.

Well good for them.

India have sent their U23 team to SAFF championship against National Teams of other nations including Pakistan. So Indian U23 side did pretty well against experienced teams of other nations. But it is good to see that Pakistan National team being in good form and reached to semifinals of SAFF championship after three years. Quite honestly PFF need to introspect in their National Football team which got beaten by U23 team.

On a lighter note : First step of improvement is accepting failures.

Congrats to Pak Team for making it to the semi's, even though India and other countries have tried their best to marginalize Pakistan and keep it away from sports.

Proud of Team GREEN.

Pakistan still did very well regardless of over 3years without playing. Pakistan needs to invest by creating a propper sponsored franchise league's all over the country and telecast it live in HD. That's how people will love the sport and surely it will overtake cricket. Also the Goverment should create football pitchz for locals and football courts in every town and villages for the locals and future talent. Our media such as Dawn should also work harder to promote the sport. Football is a future investment and Pakistan can easily make profit if implemented and organised well.

Foot-ball like other games needs power, practice and resources.Many of our schools have no foot-ball team or coach.,Some of the physical education teachers have no training in coaching and playground.OUR physical education area needs competent teachers and curriculum and match experience.With this background we will get the right kind of material and talent for training players for International competition.

Results will be different in coming years. We have a sportman as PM. Pakistsn has talented football players they just need the support.

‘Showing his displeasure over the abject performance of various national sports bodies, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday decided to constitute a task force for the revamping of sports sector in the country.’.

Change is coming and with it trophys. Stay tuned.

@M. Emad. Overall Pakistan had a better tournament. Especially, after a 3 year absence.

It's just a game. And the truth is both teams are way behind in rankings... So both teams need to improve.

Congrats to India and well played Pakistan.

Our football players hv been sacrificef at the cost of lazy cricket ..a great injustice is being done specially to hockey athletics ..

Cricket has destroyed our all sports .

Boys played well

what pathetic ground condition

Best of luck Pakistan team. Played well. Want to see more effort from Pakistan side. Congrats India for their win.

Pakistan did pretty well to reach last 4 given that playing after long lay-off of 3 years. Our teams needs to play more friendlies and need to have PSL type league to improve our playing standard. Football needs to be given the importance for it in order to grow.

@Ashton I was also looking him......

Congratulations to the winners and to their challengers.