Pakistani to participate in Football Tournament at the 2018 Asian Games
Pakistan will participate in the football tournament in Asian Games 2018 which are scheduled to be held from 14th Aug. to 1st Sep. in Indonesia.
Pakistan football team is all set to kick the drought of more than 3 years of not participating in any competitive tournament. The country last played Football World Cup pre-qualifiers against Yemen in March 2015.
Pakistan is placed in group D for the Asian Games football event, the first match will be played on the independence day of Pakistan, this year.
President of Pakistan Football Federation, Faisal Saleh Hayat said,“Now the PFF has taken a fresh start, there is a possibility to see Pakistan among the 48 teams, which would compete in the world cup in the eight years’ time,”
The team will depart for Indonesia on August 11th however the final squad which will play in the 18th Asian Games will be disclosed just one day before the team departs.
