Thursday, August 2, 2012

London2012: Sohail Abbas urges teammates to raise the bar

By Afshan Younis 


KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 2, 2012: After defeating Argentina by two goals to nil in the London 2012 hockey tournament on Wednesday, skipper of Pakistan hockey team Sohail Abbas has found room for improvement ahead of the crucial match against Great Britain.

 

Pakistan are due to take on the hosts Great Britain in their Group A match to be played on Friday at 4:00pm Pakistan time and Sohail Abbas, who scored historic 346th goal against Argentina, said, “It was great to record our first victory in the tournament but it doesn’t hide our weaknesses and frailties”.

“If we want to beat Great Britain, we will have to play sporadic brand of hockey”, he said adding, “the victory against Argentina has boosted confidence of our young players and they are ready to go against the hosts nation who will enjoy the home advantage”.

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