Bahria University’s match against EME called off

20th February, Islamabad: Bahria University and EME were scheduled to have a friendly match today, in what both sides were hoping would be a warm-up for the season to come.

However, due to administrative problems the match was called off with neither side commenting on when the re-match would take place.

Bahria was looking to test out a number of new faces in the match as the new semester in the Naval sponsored university means a fresh pool of talent from which influential skipper, Faizan ‘Jannu’ Sameer Malik, could strenghten his ranks.

EME on the other hand would see pretty much the same squad that has struggled to get any kind of result against, what both sides consider to be a respectful rivalry.

In fact, Bahria usually end the matches between the two sides on a high with the opposition unable to deal with the solid Bahrian defence and the outstanding attack.

Yet, with a number of senior players not selected for the latest match the home side could have changed all of that.

Defensive midfielder, Areeb Khan, and former defender and captain, Musa Khan Afridi, were both absent from the squad sheet. However, players like Qasmi and Bilal Khan are more than capabale of filling the void left those players.

The match was scheduled to take place at the EME ground today at 4pm but a failure to provide transport for their team by the Bahria adminstration meant that the match had to be cancelled.

Faizan, the Bahrian captain, though is not one to let such matters rest and one can expect the leader of the side to set up another match in the near future.

In fact, ‘Jannu’ as he is called by his peers, will be looking to ensure that his side gets a full ninety minutes of action under their belt. 

The side have not played any football for a considerable amount of time and will surely be a little rusty. The Bahrian team has put in a number of strong displays since Faizan has taken over the team and will be looking to carry that form into the new season
and hopefully win some silverware as well.

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Posted by Musa Afridi on Feb 20 2012. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry