In the FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier match played in Islamabad, Jordan has defeated Pakistan by 3-0.
In this match played on the followingnoon of March 21 at the Jinnah Stadium, Musa Al-Tammari scored two goals on behalf of Jordan. He was named the best player of the match.
Apart from them, Ali Alwan scored a goal.
The Pakistan team did not score any goals but the competition was tight, especially the Pakistan goalkeeper Yousuf Butt, except for the free kick goal, performed well. Yusuf Butt also saved a penalty kick.
This is Pakistan’s third defeat in the three matches played by Pakistan in the FIFA World Cup Qualifier round. Jordan has won two out of three matches and lost one.
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Only one football match was played between Pakistan and Jordan earlier. Interestingly, Jordan won the match 3-0 in 2006.
Pakistan now has three matches remaining in the FIFA qualifying round. The match once morest Jordan will be played in Jordan on March 26, while there are also matches once morest Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan. The Saudi Arabian team will visit Pakistan on June 6.
A weak Pakistan once morest one of the strongest teams in Asia
When the match started, the Pakistani team looked under pressure. The Jordanian team attacked the Pakistani goal from the start and scored two goals in the first ten minutes.
One goal was a free kick and the other goal was a penalty kick.
The Jordanian team is several levels better than the Pakistani team. According to the FIFA ranking, Jordan is ranked 70th while Pakistan is ranked 195th.
And recently, the Jordanian team reached the finals in the AFC Cup, Asia’s biggest domestic tournament in Qatar. In the final, they were defeated by Qatar.
It was for this reason that Pakistan was predicted to face opponents like Jordan following losing to Tajikistan by one goal to six.
But the Pakistani team improved its performance following conceding two goals in the beginning.
The excitement of the fans at the ground
Compared to the previous two matches (Tajikistan and Cambodia), the number of fans in the stadium was slightly less. About nine thousand six hundred fans were present in the match and 99% of them were in support of Pakistan.
Aka Dakka supporters of Jordan were seen in the ground and that too in VIP setting.
However, having the match on a Thursday at 2 o’clock when people are in the offices, children are returning home from school, it is the month of Ramadan and even though the highways are closed due to the military parade rehearsal near the ground shortly before the match. About 10,000 people coming to the stadium is a welcome development for Pakistan football.
During the match, the fans kept supporting the Pakistan team. When Haroon Hamid came on in the second half, the fans even chanted his name. It was Haroon Hamid who scored the goal once morest Cambodia following which Pakistan reached this stage of the FIFA qualifiers.
When the match ended, the entire Pakistan team went to both sides of the ground and thanked the fans by clapping.
Pakistan’s chances of going to the next stage of the FIFA qualifying round are slim, but despite the years-long FIFA ban and the lack of infrastructure in the country, the team has reached this stage, which is the first time in Pakistan’s football history. No, it is a historical event in itself.
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2024-07-11 15:05:41
