Young guns have big hopes

Pakistani U-16 stars have voiced their ambitions of turning professional after witnessing the top facilities at MUSS Abu Dhabi.

Zainul Abidin, Munir Aftab and Sanaullah, who also play for the Green Shirts at junior level, where a part of the team that travelled to the Middle-East to gain coaching from the esteemed trainers at Manchester United Soccer School.

While they faced a language barrier and had to communicate through a translator, they have been truly overwhelmed with the experience.

“Training in Abu Dhabi with English coaches has changed my life forever,” Zain, who featured in the Pakistan U16 team that won the South Asian Championship in Nepal last year said.

“It’s like I have a new lifestyle now. The biggest challenge was to communicate with coaches there. We would need a translator all the time during training. But football has a language of its own. Although I’m completing my matriculation, this trip has made
me realise that I just want to play international football.”

Captain Munir Aftab also commented on his time as a footballer and revealed that the beautiful game had changed his life.

“I had to rethink my training and schedule that I used to follow here in Pakistan,” said Aftab. “I’ve noticed that we can never be the kind of players anywhere else. They eat and live in a healthier environment compared to us. There’s a big difference among
us and this training project helped us realise that.”

Lastly, Sanaullah expressed his delight upon living the dream and hoped that things  would get better for him in the future.

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Posted by Shahrukh Sohail on Jul 4 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry