Palestine qualified to the second stage of preliminary World Cup Qualifiers defeating Afghanistan 3-1 on aggregate. While the first leg was a clear 2-0 victory, its the return leg that has fans shaking their heads. Horrible Second Half Palestine went…
Lost in the reports of how historic hosting a World Cup qualifier for the first time was the fact that the performance was quite poor. Two years into Mousa Bezaz’s reign as manager of the National Team, Al-Fursan lack a…
1. Killer Instinct One of my colleagues put it best: “Palestine are a good team but lack mental toughness”. A more seasoned team would have put Afghanistan away in the first half, or at the very least held on to…
Starting XI (4-2-3-1): Saidawi; Abu Saleh, Bahdari, Jarun, Bishara; Wadi, Khader Youssef (Murad Ismail 77′); Amour (Abugharqud 85′), Obeid, Abu Bilal (Ashraf Nu’man 60′) Goals: Houssam Wadi 11′ Recap: Palestine started brightly and seemed to have Afghanistan on the back…
What: World Cup Preliminary Qualifier (2nd Leg) When: July 3rd, 2011 Where: Al-Ram, Palestine Venue: Faisal Al-Husseini Int’l Stadium Kickoff: 1400 GMT TV: Palestine Satellite Channel Stream: http://www.ehtif.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1165:–palestine-tv&catid=121:2011-06-18-13-28-42&Itemid=135 Previous Encounters: 29/06/2011: Afghanistan 0 : 2 Palestine The day we have…
Its official. Palestine, and formerly Wehdat, defender Abdel-Latif Bahdari has signed a 2 year deal with Hajer. The club, in the Eastern city of Al-Hasa(الاحساء) just got promoted to the Saudi top flight: the Zain Professional League. (For those who…
Palestine Starting XI (4-4-2): Shbair (GK), Abu Saleh, Mahdi, Jarun, Bishara; Obeid, Khader Yousef (Murad Ismail 77′), Abu Bilal (Ashraf Nu’man 90+’); Keshkesh (Amour 66′) , Alyan Goals: Murad Alyan 28′, pen. miss 75′, Ismail Amour 89′ Recap: In the…
So many questions, so few answers. Moussa Bezaz has never really settled on a favored formation nor has he ever fielded Palestine’s strongest squad in his two years in charge. The World Cup qualifying preliminary matches against Afghanistan are no…
Match Information What: 1st Leg Preliminary World Cup Qaulifier When: 29/06/2011 Where: Mettallurg Arena, Tursunzoda, Tajikistan Kickoff: 1230 GMT TV/Streams: TBA FIFA Rank: 166 (34th AFC) Previous Encounters: None Recent Results: vs. Nepal L 0-1 vs. Sri Lanka W 1-0…
Afghanistan was on the verge of withdrawing from World Cup qualifiers after a funding dispute between their football federation and Olympic committee. However the dispute seems to have been resolved and Team-e-Melli should be in Tajikistan by now. The delay…
