Pakistan lose to Belgium in warm-up tie

Published
0

Pakistan missed four penalty-corners in their 2-0 defeat. -File photo

KARACHI: Pakistan suffered a 2-0 defeat against Belgium in their warm-up hockey match for London Olympics on Tuesday.

The match was played in three sessions of 20 minutes each.

Belgium scored the first goal by converting a penalty-corner in the first session while their second, a field goal, came in the third session.

Meanwhile, Pakistan took four penalty-corners but could not utilise any.

“All is well with the team. The boys played well today as they managed to put up a much better performance compared to our match against them in Belgium last month [where we lost 6-1],” said team manager and assistant coach Khawaja Junaid told Dawn from London on Tuesday.

About the four missed penalty-corners, he said: “At least the boys showed that they can create penalty-corner chances. The rest we’ll take care of after analysing the video.”

Pakistan play their next warm-up match with the Netherlands on Thursday.

Opinion

Editorial

State of confusion
Updated 05 Aug, 2026

State of confusion

FROM the looks of it, America has no exit strategy to extricate itself from the disastrous war with Iran. US...
Pension decision
05 Aug, 2026

Pension decision

THE government’s decision to formally operationalise the new Defined Contribution Pension Fund Scheme is a step...
Preventable deaths
05 Aug, 2026

Preventable deaths

THE deaths of 144 children from measles and diphtheria in Karachi during the first seven months of the year expose a...
Swat bombing
Updated 04 Aug, 2026

Swat bombing

IT is a bitter irony that terrorists struck a protest against violence in Swat on Sunday, causing at least 17...
Tariff blow
04 Aug, 2026

Tariff blow

FOR an export sector already squeezed by high production costs, the additional 10pc tariff on top of the existing...
Perilous peaks
04 Aug, 2026

Perilous peaks

THE deaths of 10 climbers in an avalanche on Broad Peak is a sad reminder of the perils that many mountaineers face...