Match Report: Palestine 2:1 Syria (Friendly)

 Palestine Starting XI (4-4-2): Mohammed Shbair, Raed Fares, Nadim Barghouti, Khaled Mahdi, Hani Naboulse, Hussam Abu Saleh, Khader Yousuf (C), Ma’ly Kawre, Musa Abu Jazar, Khaldoun Al-Halman, Eyad Abugharqoud Substitutions: Mahmoud Salah Hani Naboulse // Ahmad Abdullah Khader Yousuf //…

Preview: Palestine v. Syria (Friendly)

Syria will be without many high profile stars including Firas Al-Khatib (C) When: November 17th, 2012 Where: Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan  What: International Friendly  Kickoff: 1800 Local Time (+3 GMT) TV/Streams: TBA Previous Matches:  Blackout There has been precious…

PFA announce Syria friendlies

After failing to arrange friendlies over the FIFA International break (November 11-14th) with India and and Iraq the PFA has secured friendly dates against Syria ahead of next month’s WAFF Championship. Palestine will play Syria twice in the Jordanian capital…

A Comment: On Heart

Palestine and Jageiellonia Bialystok (Polish Ekstraklasa) defender Alexis Norambuena did not mince words in his interview with Poland’s Przeglądem Sportowym (Review of Sport). Before he revealed a possible move to the UAE or Qatar, he basically acknowledged that he only…

Facebook Interview with Imad Zatara

Our friends who operate the Palestine national football team facebook page recently sat down with Atvidaberg  and National Team midfielder Imad Zatara. The Stockholm-born Zatara fielded questions from the fans; below is a translated transcript of the responses:  Q: Will…

World Cup Qualifying: A Rooting Interest

Introduction The final round of Asian World Cup qualifying gets underway again tomorrow, with five matches on the docket. In previous years, the qualification picture has cleared up pretty quickly with the usual suspects separating themselves from the pack. The…

Paksitan friendlies called off

As reported earlier by our friends over at Football Pakistan the friendlies set for October 12th and 16th have been cancelled. No reason for the cancellation was given. Initial speculation blamed the PFA’s tardiness in applying for visas. The Football Pakistan…