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salman
08-21-2005 3:40 pm
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Pakistan won the match
Pakistan is always best
Now we can see the spirit of Pakistan Hockey Team
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Shakil
08-21-2005 3:45 pm
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Beginning of things to come
Absolutely marvelous performance by Pakistan. Ausies game was at their top. They played like world champion nothing less. But it was the extraaordinary hokey with determination, great discipline and a perfect game plan for which Ausies had no reply.
Congratulations to Pakistani team and the coach Asif Bajwa. I belive this the begenning of greater things to come for Pakistan hokey.
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Gruman
08-21-2005 4:01 pm
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Pakistan Wins!!
Awesome.!!.Just Terrific!!.First title in four years Pakistan! Great Job. I hope this team combo is preserved and tested in future tournaments.
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abrar
08-21-2005 4:03 pm
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congratulations pakistan Team
Its been a long time coming,however a sweet taste of a championship victory after some time now.
This is a major achievement for two important reasons. The tournament was held in Holland under conditions familiar to Europeopn teams who were well represented.
The strong determination and come from behind victory against the Aussies in the final is indicative of the team spirit and bodes well for future tournaments.
The Aussies were again the most consistent team till the final and deserve a full round of applause.
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solidDefence
08-21-2005 4:17 pm
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what a lovely gift on the eve of independce pakistan team has really slaped their critics and made their countrymen over joyed .
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Desi
08-21-2005 4:25 pm
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great work !
Pakistan zindabad! beating Aus is not easy as they are very strong team and ahead of holland,ger....
keep it up boys ! it will boost your morale and do the same in next yr world cup?
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StickUp
08-21-2005 4:59 pm
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Phoenix rising from the ashes!
Congrats to Pakistan on a well deserved win. Before this tournament they were last in 4 nation tournament and the way they have got themselves together is amazing. Pride, hurt, desire, fighting spirit have always been qualities of the Pakistanis, which make them the most unpredictible sides. No wonder they won the World Cup in 1994 and even the Olympics of 1984 against all expectation.
As far my team India; I suffer from anger, depression, pain and frustration to see how the players have applied themselves and have no respect or regard for the Blue jersy they don.
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Iqbal Khan
08-21-2005 5:32 pm
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GREEN UP
alhamdulillah
JEEVAY JEEVAY PAKISTAN
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moon
08-21-2005 6:29 pm
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awsome stuff from pakistan players
congrats pak
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Hockey Fan
08-21-2005 6:38 pm
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Congratulations to Pakistan for the wonderful show by winning the in fact really a World Cup. With exceptions of few everyone was there at full strength. It also gives a fan reason to look at the game like a game. Pakistan who finished last at Hamburg comes back and wins tournamnet; Holland, Australia with Spain were more fancied to win. In nutshell all countries are pretty much at Par, it depends upon the day who is clicking. Nobody can dominate these days , which gives Indian fans also a chance to look at our team. No doubt they did not perform at expected level , given chance to stick togeather and let the coaches inspire team and fans also have faith. One can have only one winner, to me it seems like every team played best, who ever converted their chances have taken the trophy. I think every oneshould give congratulations to Asif Bajwa in keeping the Morale of team high after Hamburg. It is a lesson for fans that these players are humans too. it is not they do not want to win, we say any thing we want to say against these dedicated young men who can belong to any country and they are trying to do best for their country. We should understand that all the teams are there to win, what was wrong if Rajinder said team has a chance to win. Looking at performance of India and others with little bit of luck every one had a chance too. My point is this we should not ridicule these players when they lose and we should definitely award them for their success. God willing may be at Champions trophy India will come out in much better light than recently.
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Michael
08-21-2005 6:45 pm
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The return of old memories
Yeah, let us hope that the new Pak-team can give us the old memories back when the green shirts made this sport so popular. Great congratulations to the green shirts
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PAKISTAN ZINDABAD
08-21-2005 7:36 pm
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WELL DONE
WELL DONE PAKISTAN FOR WINNING THIS TROPHY. YOU BOYS HAVE WORKED HARD AFTER ALL THE BAD CRITISISM AND PERFORMANCES. BEATING INDIA IS ALWAYS SATISFYING BUT WINNING THE TROPHY SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY REGARDLESS OF INDIA.
INSHALLAH THIS WILL GIVE US CONFIDENCE TO PERFORM WELL IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY.
PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!
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Tahawar
08-21-2005 8:30 pm
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incomplete article
gets only one star. sorry.
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shafiqkhan
08-21-2005 9:08 pm
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start of something new...
i hope winning this tournament brings new confidence to pak team and to their management. it was great to see pak comeback from goal down at break to win. winning this tournament proves pak can overcome the loss of great sohail abbas.well done pak team.u make us proud..
just a thought for my indian friends..dump the whole teams and bring young faces..they cant do any worse. good luck.
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Alamsher K. Wazir
08-21-2005 9:28 pm
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Pakistan VS. Australia
Pakistani boys did it. Those who had the opportunity to watch the match. I am sure enjoyed it. For the game of hockey , a timely
boost in Pakistan. Well done boys.
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Alamsher K. Wazir
08-21-2005 9:33 pm
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Pakistan's well deserved victory
It must have been thrilling moments for those who had the opportunity to watch the game.
Well done boys . A timely boost for the game of hockey in Pakistan.
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Salman Aziz
08-21-2005 9:49 pm
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Paksitan is back to its best
Congratulations Pakistan. Brilliant Performance, outwitted and outclassed the arrogrant and hyped up australians. If Pakistan keeps on playing like this and better, its no doubt a certainity that Pakistan will regain its glory days.
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Moore
08-21-2005 10:44 pm
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Bravooo!!!!!
Hurray for a classic victory.....and I like it more 'coz its against Aussies. The much hyped about so called "player of the year for 2004" lost all the shine in the final, guess he trembled under big match pressure. Great performance by the whole team and most significantly from Salman Akber. I will call him "Arkeleas" of Amsterdam for that game. Its not easy to block the aggressive and talented forward-line of Australia. Pakistan should now carry on from this victorious performance to all future championships. It won't be far to regain the momentum and getting back to winning habbits. And one last question ---"What if Sohail Abbas would be the part of team??????"....But I think victory still presides over anything.
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german guy
08-21-2005 10:56 pm
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well done
well done to the pakistani team. they played very well. they were consistant and the rebounds against our team were great. After a long timje i enjoyed seeing the pakistan team play so well. germany is in a building phase so they are not playing very well.
I would like to add that the pakistani stick work and golie were very impressive in this tournament.
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Imran
08-21-2005 11:19 pm
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ONe win does not mean much
What matters the most and reflects the real status of a team is consistency in performance.
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Akbar Hussain
08-22-2005 12:08 am
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WHAT A GOOD TEAM SPIRIT AND GOAL KEEPER PERFORMANCE
Thanks to Almighty Allah, He awarded a success in the shape of Rabo Bank Trophy. It is of course a Team Spirit. Though All boys' performance was very good, but the winning credit goes to Goal Keeper Salman Akbar. He saved sureshot goals and defended like a fort of Defence. Congratulation to Hockey Team, Congraulation to Pakistani Manager, Coach and People of Pakistan.
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Mark
08-22-2005 12:24 am
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Congratulations to Pakistani team.Watch out Netherland,Germany,Australia and the rest of the hockey world Pakistan's hockey team is back on the top where it belongs.
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abdulmajid
08-22-2005 12:40 am
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team spirit is the key
without sohail Abbas and other bog guns, a terrific achievement.
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Yousuf
08-22-2005 12:52 am
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Yes you did it
After 1994 World Cup Pakistan has won such a big event Congralution to Pakistan teams. Much you see more sucess.
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Balaji-Inidan
08-22-2005 12:54 am
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Congrats Pakistan!
It is glad to hear that Pakistan won the trophy. I hoping that India also rise their standard in their coming everts.
We Asian shown our strenght to rest of the world also it shows still sub-continet hockey is alive.
Congrats pakistan and better luck next time India.
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shahid
08-22-2005 1:04 am
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Thumping reply
you guys remember, aussies refused to play in pakistan due to so called SECURITY REASONS in the Champions trophy held in lahore. This win by the resiliant paki guys have gave them a reply they'll remember for their lives.
great job guys we are all proud of you, specielly salman akbar (you are the hero).
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Junaid
08-22-2005 1:04 am
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Congrats to Pakistan hockey team
BEating Australia anywhere in the world is not an easy job but Pakistan Hockey side proved that hard work and determination can overcome anything...well done and keep it up....:)
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Numan
08-22-2005 1:11 am
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sporadic glory
Oh great commitment... Well done Asif Bajwa... but i still don't understand that how come a coach can make a difference in just one or two tournaments... i still think that it was Tahir Zaman's efforts that also needs to be applauded... ( i might be wrong here, but then he was a robin for our favourite batman, Shahbaz), i mean what was wrong with Tahir, Pakistan had excellent days in azlan shah, except for of course on malasia match, and then propobably the most humiliating performance in tyhe junior world cup, (almost the) same boys come to germany, humiliated again, and then wow, glory glory glory... thrashed germany, defended well against aussies and avail all the good chances to score... same shakeel abassi who captained the juniors played like a real sport yesterday... man i am just wondering is there a future or is it just a bright spot in the dark sky???
Well done Salman, Rehan, Adnan Zakir, Mudassir and shakeel, and also our "emotional" skipper....
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Abdul Hayi Mansoor
08-22-2005 1:25 am
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Welcome Win
Its a great win. This tournament was a mini world cup. Pakistan defeated World Champion Ger, Olympic Champ Australia, Asian Gaints and Held Draw with CT champions. Its nevertheless a superb win and a real moral booster for Pak Hockey. Pak win over Germany is the biggest win i have ever seen against any of top 6 (Aus,Ger,Hol,Spa, Ind, Korea).
The game of Salman Akbar, Adnan Zakir, Rehan Butt and Muddasar was impressive. Shabbir and Abbasi were upto the mark as well.
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/auryehgoal/
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Sohail
08-22-2005 1:54 am
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Incomplete Article
Hey Henry its incomplete article. can you plz post a full story
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Moqbul
08-22-2005 1:56 am
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At last Pakistan did it!
Congratulation Pakistan team ! At last you did it! Hard work ,good team work and determination paid to Pakistan team! keep up the good team work ! This could be beging of regain the old glory which was lost after 1994 world cup!
India should learn their lesson and time has come to reorganize the whole team before Championsgip trophy.
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Sohail
08-22-2005 2:08 am
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Full Story
AMSTELVEEN (Holland): Pakistan produced an exemplary display of skills to shock Olympic champions Australia 4-3 and win the Rabobank Trophy Hockey Tournament at the Waegner Stadium here on Sunday.
For Pakistan, Mudassar Ali was the match winner scoring Pakistan’s fourth goal in the 51st minute. Pakistan, who fought back twice from being in arrears, scored through Imran Warsi (24th), Adnan Zakir (32nd), Rehan Butt (42nd) and Mudassar Ali (51st). Australia took the lead in the 17th minute through Travis Brooks (17th), Grant Schubert (32nd) and Ben Bishop (34th).
Pakistan coach Asif Bajwa, who was lifted on the shoulders of the Pakistan fans, said, “It’s a victory that should mark the return of Pakistan to top flight hockey. We attacked through the tournament and played with five forwards and I am glad that paid off.” Barry Dancer, the Australian coach, was effusive in his praise of Pakistan and said that they converted their chances and deserved to win the final. “We will have to see where we made the mistakes so that such a performance in a final is not repeated,” said Dancer.
Playing their second final after winning the Olympic gold in Athens, Australia looked tentative. In the earlier final in June, the Azlan Shah Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, they had chased the balls down right from the start and still found themselves staring at a 1-3 deficit which they later turned and won the final against South Korea.
But after the initial prodding and testing the waters in the Pakistan half, Australia in a sudden burst of energy produced the move that gave them the lead. Travis Brooks shot in a fluent goal in the 17th minute. Pakistan who were using the ball skills of Shakeel Abassi on the right flank to good effect earned a penalty corner in the 24th minute. Imran Warsi’s flick equalized the scores at 1-1, to the joy of the Pakistan supporters. Slowly the rhythm returned in the ranks of the Australian forwards and a break from the right gave Grant Schubert and opportunity to show his skills.
Trapping the ball with his back to the Pakistan goal, on top of the circle, he turned to his right and sent a reverse shot that beat Salman Akbar in the Pakistan goal. Australia had the lead in the 32nd minute.
Shakeel Abbasi, all the while threatening the Aussies with his runs down the flank produced a move of absolute class. Abbasi, in the 32nd minute of the match, ran down the right flank, past three Aussie defenders before releasing the ball into the middle of the circle where Adnan Zakir jabbed in for Pakistan’s second equalizer at 2-2.
Two minutes later, Australia were a trifle lucky in having Ben Bishop unmarked in front of the Pakistan goal where the Australian picked up a penalty corner rebound and tapped in to give Australia a 3-2 lead before the teams walked off at the break.
Pakistan coach Asif Bajwa kept shuffling his forwards and it paid off when he brought in Rehan Butt from his customary position as right-out to play as striker. In the 42nd minute, Rehan trapped a cross from the right from Ghazanfar who have dogded two defenders, turned to his right, back to the goal, and unleashed a reverse shot that sped past Australian goalkeeper Stephen Lambert.
With the scores locked at 3-3, Pakistan were threatening to fight every inch of the way. A clearly rattled Australia were making errors, especially in the defence. Pakistan shot into the lead for the first time in the match in the 51st minute. Mudassar Ali Khan found himself staring at Stephen Lambert in the Australian goal after trapping a cross from the right. His shot went through Lambert’s legs as Pakistan rode on a wave of confidence. With three minutes left in the match, Pakistan’s Adnan Maqsood was shown the yellow card as Pakistan played with ten men. Australia had a chance to equalize when they earned a penalty corner in the last minute but failed to convert. agencies
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moaxcym
08-22-2005 2:16 am
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Glory days indeed are not too far away.
Great spirit shown by the green shirts, great skills too.
Both the flanks were working better in the final game and the defence was emaculate.
And above all, they were on the field with a plan.
If only they can find a realy good defender at the back, the team would do very well in future. I sometiomes feel that Zeeshan make a hell lot of mistakes at the back for a defender. Shakeel abbasi was awesome up front, Butt is always good and the mid-field play of Saqlain and Mudassae must be appreciated too. But above all Salman Akbar prooved that he is one of the best goal-keepers around.
I have a feeling that Kashif Jawad should be back in the team, I know he has not been in the top form and he has put up some weight but he is the sort of player who can really make great use to Shakeel Abbasi's and Shabeer's run with his subtle last touches. Shabeer, I feel is a great asset to Pakistan team and has not been uses too efficienty over the years. It seems as it he misses the 'Killer instinct' and can not finish all that well. He needs to work on that. And he should permanantly be setteled on the left-flank.
To conclude things, these are signs for bigger things to come from Pakistan.
Long Live Pakistan, Long live Pakistani Hockey, long live Asian hockey
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Adeel Azhar
08-22-2005 2:17 am
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I think this victory is great not just for Pakistan but for Asian hockey as well... i wish the best for indian hockey team as well for future.. lets hope their hockey also picks up before the Champion's trophy... Congratulations anyways for Pakistan Team!!
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Rana
08-22-2005 3:15 am
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Hero of The tournament
congratulation to all pakistani and also the team of pakistan.
well done alway by Abbasi,Rehan, and certainly the hero is,
SALMAN AKBAR THE GOAL KEEPER IN ALL MATCHES
MY BEST WISHES FOR THE TEAM IN FUTURE AS WELL
ZULFIQAR RANA
ZUERICH SWITZERLAND
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Ozmanix
08-22-2005 4:26 am
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Don't you just love it?
Don't you just love it when someone says something negative to you after a victory ( such as Bob from India above?) Makes the taste of victory all the more sweeter..
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Aussie Bob
08-22-2005 4:31 am
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Game
Well done Pakistan....good for hockey...great TV!!!
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Giti Singh (London)
08-22-2005 4:48 am
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Well Done
Congratulations Pakistan ,keep hockey in that part of the World.
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M.farooq khan
08-22-2005 4:57 am
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congrat pak
keep it up...boys you can do it belive on Allah then ur self nothing is impossible for ..pakistan zindabad pak hocky paindaba
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hockeyman
08-22-2005 6:36 am
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congratulation to pakistan team.your performance should inspire all the asian teams.
down in hamburg now on the top.really well desreved victory.
good old days are coming back.asian hockey should rise up
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Tom
08-22-2005 7:03 am
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Bob
Grow up. Congratulations to Pakistan on a well deserved victory.
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A DEDICATED PAKISTANI
08-22-2005 7:08 am
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GOOD, RATHER GREAT WIN!
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT HOCKEY CREATES BLOOD PRESSURE MORE THAN CRICKET, BEING A THRILLING ENCOUNTER, SO BEING A HYPERTENSIVE, I DONT PREFER TO WATCH HOCKEY MATCH. YESTERDAY, IT WAS CRICKET ON ONE CHANNEL AND HOCKEY AT THE NEXT. I REMAINED, OR RATHER HAD TO BE, GLUED TO HOCKEY MATCH FOR THE REAL THRILL. I DIDNT CARE FOR THE THUMPING OF MY HEART. I THOUGHT I WOULD GET SOMETHING STUPID OUT OF THE LAST MINUTE PENULTY CORNER GIVEN TO AUSTRALIANS, BUT I THINK THAT AUSTRALIANS YESTERDAY WERE MORE NERVOUS THAN THE PAKISTANIS.
ANYHOW, ITS A GREAT RESULT AND I WANT TO THANK ALL PAKISTANI SUPPORTERS ON THIS PAGE.
BYE BYE!
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Hockey guy
08-22-2005 7:40 am
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Well done Pakistan!!
I think by beating all of the teams at Holland we have regained some pride. I am a great fan of the sport and hope it gets a bit more popular internationally. It was very difficult to get any information on the match last night. I agree with one of the earlier posts that the top teams are quite near each other in standard, as is evident from comparing the results of the Hamburg and Rabo cups.
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Fahad
08-22-2005 7:43 am
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Congratulations for Pakistan
After a long time, we heard a good news in the pakistan hockey. Well done boys.
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faizan
08-22-2005 7:47 am
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congrats paki
Congratulations to pakistanis.they have done like this after a long time and another thing that goes to their credit is they are scoring field goals.not relying more on penalty corners which they used to do alot in past.
So,although Sohail Abbas is national hero.his absence proved to be good for pakistan as they have again learned and started to score field goals..congrats to them again.
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COOL
08-22-2005 8:21 am
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EXCELLENT JOB!
Great going Pakistan. This is an outsyanding achievement! Australia was so strong coming into the finals and to beat them is great hockey.
Congratulations. Hope this spurs the Indians too
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nasir malay
08-22-2005 8:36 am
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well done
yes well done , but it was expected with Malaysia not there. Had we being there story will be different.
we beat pak in asian games remember
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silent_sinisher
08-22-2005 8:47 am
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ALHAMDULLILAH
ALHAMDULLILAH PAKISTAN won the tournament through to their best performance.
Its really surprised to all that after finishing 4th place in hamburg tournament Pakistan came back strongly and gave their best performance. I think salman akbar & adnan zakir played very well in final , salman performance in this tournament is excellent .once again congratulation to Pakistan team & management, hope in future they will performe same as they performed in this tournament.
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Naeem
08-22-2005 10:53 am
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Good to see Pakistan winning..
Good to see Pakistan winning a high-level tournament after so many years. Congratulations to whole Pakistan team. I think it is a very timely win that should be utilized to revive hockey in Pakistan. Pakistan Hockey Federation should pursue media to let every one know in the country about this win. I am not sure if 50% of the Pakistanis even know that their national team has won a top-class tournament. PHF should buy some time on TV to show the recording of the final again. Players should also be rewarded. Trust me if it were India, many of their playes would have been promoted to DSP/SP ranks in Punjab Police.
Once again congratulations to whole Pakistan team. Pakistan has challenging assignments coming up: Champions Trophy and World Cup qualifiers. I pray for their consistency and success.
Pakistan Zindabad.
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Ozmanix
08-22-2005 11:30 am
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To Nasir Malay
You're kidding, right?
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Shanawar Hashmi
08-22-2005 12:18 pm
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Giant morale boosting leap!
Good to see the Green Shirts back at the top. Last time Pakistan won a tournment after a long drought was way back in 1994, when they won the Champions Trophy in Lahore. Same year they won the world cup. Lets hope we do it again, INSHALLAH.
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K. Afzal
08-22-2005 12:39 pm
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Unbelieveable
I hope that Pakistan keep up the great work by the Grace of Almighty and re-live the old days of glory that our children have forgotten, ever were.
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TK
08-22-2005 12:45 pm
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Was it Goalkeeping?....or just a rebuilding Aussie squad?
Surely this will give PAK hockey a boost, but sounds like the Goalkeeper was the difference? When have you heard of a goalie for Pakistan making the difference in the past??
Also, some young blood coming in to replace Sohail, must be heartening?
It would help for some Aussie comment, here, on how close this squad was to a current #1 - eleven? Who was left at home?
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Punjabi from Canada
08-22-2005 1:11 pm
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Pakistan Win
Congratulations to Pakistan team on winning the Rabo Bank Trophy. Excellent job done. No matter they were last in Hamburg but they shown to the World that if someone won olympic recently will always win. Now a days all top 6 teams are equally storong enough to upset anyone. It is only who make use of the chance.
Well done Pakistan. We also look forward to see same magic from INDIA and KOREA in future tournaments and hope these 3 Teams bring WORLD CUP back to ASIA and later take on the OLYMPICS in China.
Good Luck to Asian Giants.
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Dude
08-22-2005 2:12 pm
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Congrats to pakistan from Indian hockey fan
Well done pakistan. Outstanding achievement. !!!
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Moore
08-22-2005 2:50 pm
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more to credit
The credit of victorious performance is not limited to players, coaches and fans. It goes to who always kept faith in being victorious someday. Tahir Zaman and Rolent Oltman also deserve partial credit for their part in development of this team over the years. I like the way that team is not relying on Penalty Corner executioners anymore......very unusually Sohail Abbas's absence came as a plus, but no doubt on the legend's play. And where the ever hyped and hypertensive commentators and supporters of Australian Hockey, where are the likes of namelessderro and others.....I haven't seen any of there comment on the lost. But I applaud Australian team for atleast giving some kind of performance against Pakistan in the final. Also to those who are whining about inconsistensy, I would like to point out that first Pakistan has a reformed team so there is no problem in giving them a little time to settle and secondly fortune has a definite role in wherever you finish at the end of day and after having lost to GERS and NEDS by mere single goal margin in Hamberg I won't blame them and won't called their display as lackluster, instead I would applaud them for coming back so sharply and turning everything around, and keep in mind the fact that I am talking about the team with only 2 or 3 players above 23.
I also want to thank Indian fans not only for supporting Pakistani Team in the end but for stop whinning and blaming about astrotrough and umpiring for the lost. I think we realized that it would rather be better to adopt to new ways than to wait for someone to bring a change for us when there is no chance at all. Pakistani team learned that and I think Indian should be the next to learn that.
And at last I call namelessderro again and want to question him about the commitment of "MR. Player of the year 2004" in the final.??? C'mon man what excuse u have abt it???
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Ozmanix
08-22-2005 4:34 pm
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Malaysia
Malaysia = Poor man's Korea
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mohamed mir
08-22-2005 5:31 pm
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start of great things ?
congratulations to Saqlain and the rest forthis great result.The importance of this is that you now know you can compete with and beat the best teams around.Stick with the management team and treat the players with the respect they deserve and more success will follow as a reward of everyones hard work. All the best from Manchester,U.K
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From Jalandhar - Punjab
08-22-2005 6:06 pm
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Bajwa Sahib and the Pakistan hockey team...... Congratulations and thanks for bringing the glory back to Asia...... especially Punjab.... No matter where we live...... Even if we are from the other side of the so called Border..... We love you a lot.... This one is for all the Pakstanis and PUNJABIs too........ DO NOT LOOK BACK GUYS.... KEEP IT GOING THIS WAY....... RABB RAKHA.......
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Multani
08-22-2005 9:32 pm
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Cool beans!
Wish PTV had shown the match though.
Can't really comment because I didn't watch the match but I'd implore you folks to keep your optimism in check. Pakistani team has always had the uncanny knack of turning up unbelieveble performances totally out of the blue. One tournament doesn't mean much in the grander scheme of things, specially when the win comes at the back of a disappointing performence in the four-nation tournament.
Congragulations, though.
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Hockey fan from USA
08-22-2005 10:27 pm
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I am thrilled to see Pakistan finally winning this tournament, however we should be relaistic and not put too much pressure on these yung guys and expect this result everytime.
Field hcokey of today is very competetive and any team on their day with a bit of luck can beat another. I don't think any team can dominate all the tournaments like yester years when pakistan and India did.
Someone mentioned that not having Sohail Abbas was a blessigng in disguise and I agree. I think with Sohail Abbas the team was one dimensional and dependent too much on him and put unecssary pressure on him. Wth out him they had to work hrad and they did and I saw excellent field play of Sahbbaz days from the team in this tournament. They fought hard because they knew they didn't have Sohail and kept creating chances and never gave up.
Well done and keep it up. We will support you all the way whatever the result with this level of paly and effort.
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observer
08-22-2005 10:48 pm
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no to get things right
now we need to stick to the same players, coach and managment,,, not that we lose another tournament and the whole team chnages. this team has shown us that we can beat anyteam. so we should stick with this combination... in 1-2 yrs time i am sure that we will be one the top of the world again
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observer
08-22-2005 10:48 pm
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stick with the same team
now we need to stick to the same players, coach and managment,,, not that we lose another tournament and the whole team chnages. this team has shown us that we can beat anyteam. so we should stick with this combination... in 1-2 yrs time i am sure that we will be one the top of the world again
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Raza
08-22-2005 11:20 pm
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Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie.............out out out
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Khan
08-22-2005 11:24 pm
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Well Done PAKISTAN..........keep it up
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AN AUSSIE..
08-23-2005 2:21 am
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CONGRATS PAKISTAN!
Hi guys..green shirts just out classed our team...
I just wanna say WELL DONE PAKIS...especially Selmon Akbar..I know that you are great hockey playing nation and had tremendous memories.. Keep it up and all the best!
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Rana
08-23-2005 3:39 am
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Biggest Win
Its the biggest win after 1994 world cup. The way pakistan played in this tournament and their fight back in seconds of in Hamburg tournament predicts a bright future ahead.
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Mian Mohammed Waqas
08-23-2005 4:04 am
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Great victory
Thanx to ALLAH pakistan desevers thier vicotry coz pakistan playing excellent hockey and they beat austrailla in final i am very happy bacause austrailla cricket team is also in truobel nowadayz and england beat austrailla so austrailla hckey will be in trouble next tournamnets
pakistan zaidabad
sailkot zaidabad
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Luqman Munawar
08-23-2005 5:03 am
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Hope to see more consistent performance from Pakistan in future
I am like all Pakistanis very happy to see Pakistan win a competetive
tournament after a long time. We should appreciate the hard work done by
players and management/coaches.
In all the euphory of this title, let us not forget that it is not the
WC, Olympics or CT. It was an invitational tournament, though most of
the good teams were part of it.
Just let us hope that this win brings some more consistency to our teams
performance.
Pakistan zindabad
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Shaheen
08-23-2005 5:30 am
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Big Mouth Moore
Moore said
"The much hyped about so called "player of the year for 2004" lost all the shine in the final, guess he trembled under big match pressure"
Yes, just like when he scored the winning goal to secure gold in Athens. Congratulations to Pakistan for a great victory but we should also congratulate Australia for a great performance, with their 3 inside forwards from Athens all unavailable. I don't think we can get too excited yet, but it's a great start.
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Easy Tiger
08-23-2005 5:34 am
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Moore or Moron?
Change your name Moore!
Dwyer scored the winner in extra time in an Olympic Final, and your suggesting he choked in a minor tournament which the Aussies treated as a development tour.
Have you got any idea, you halfwit?
BTW Congrats to the Paki's, heartening to see them playing well.
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Amritpal Singh
08-23-2005 5:52 am
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Hope for Asian Hockey
Well Done Pakistan !
Credit should go to the Coach.
Asian hockey still has hope after this victory .
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Faizan
08-23-2005 6:03 am
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To Nasir Malay
yaa u r right..u beat us in malaysia.but can u tell me at which position u were standing in the end of that tournament.were u above the pakistanis?????
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Osman
08-23-2005 6:40 am
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Hockey, Squash have been hijacked by Cricket
I strongly feel that every effort should be made to give due coverage, sponsership money and attention to the sports of Hockey and Squash which have give so much respect to Pakistan in the past. All is still not lost in these sports and urgent action is required before it is too late.
I remember as a Child the excitement of following Pakistan Hockey and Jehangir and Janshers exploits in Squash. We used to see hockey player regularly appearing on Tv shows and commercials but now they are nowhere to be seen.
I think for one sport - Cricket to be given so much attention and focus is bad for the country as a whole. We have so much talent and we must regain the lost glory of Squash and Hockey.
I am a big Football fan too, imagine watching the Pakistan football team in the worlds biggest sporting even the World Cup Football - Will it ever happen in our life time?
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Iqbal Shafiq
08-23-2005 11:21 am
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FULL ARTICLE
The following is the complete article on the Final.
Pakistan come from behind to win Rabo Trophy
ANUPAM GHULATI AMSTELVEEN, AUG 21 (PTI)
A resilient Pakistan came from behind to beat Olympic champions Australia 4-3 in a pulsating summit clash to claim the Rabo Trophy here today.
Trailing 2-3 at the break, Pakistan outwitted the favourites with a display of aggression backed by a solid defence, where goalkeeper Salman Akbar emerged as the hero.
The Pakistan goalscorers were Imran Warsi (18th), Adnan Zakir (32nd), Rehan Butt (42nd) and Mudassar Ali Khan (50th min) while for Australia, Travis Brooks, Grant Schubert and Ben Bishop found the mark in the 8th, 24th and 34th minutes respectively.
The Aussies began on an electric note testing Akbar four times in the first five minutes with forays from Schubert, Jamie Dwyer and Brooks.
They broke the deadlock in the eighth minute when Brooks drew Akbar aside from a Michael McCann pass and neatly pushed the ball in.
Pakistan, realising that their best chance was to match the Aussies, forced their first penalty corner ten minutes later when Shakeel Abassi was obstructed. Warsi, being groomed as Sohail Abbas's successor, flicked powerfully past Stephen Lambert to make it 1-1.
The Aussie forwards then started penetrating into the Pakistan defence with monotonous regularity and were rewarded in the 24th minute when Schubert scored from a Bishop and McCann combine.
However, Pakistan hit back to draw level in the 32nd minute when young Adnan Zakir deflected an Abbasi cross to the surprise of the Australian defenders. The men from Down Under took the lead for the third time, a minute before the break, from an indirect penalty corner which Bishop opportunistically tapped after a goalmouth scramble.
There was no shortage of high voltage action in the second session as both teams produced high quality performances.
Pakistan drew parity once more when winger Rehan Butt was set up atop the circle by medio Ghazanfar Ali in the 42nd minute. The Lahore-based WAPDA star made no mistake with his powerful reverse as a frozen Lambert looked on haplessly.
But the best for still to come for the greenshirts. Their attacks with Shabbir Husain, Zakir and Mudassar became sharper as the pedal was pushed further.
Chakwal-based vice captain Mudassar dug the last nail in the Kookaburra coffin when he shot effortlessly home after the Aussies succumbed to a Pakistani counter attack in the 50th minute.
Australia tried in desperation to find the eqaliser, even with Pakistan reduced to ten in the last five minutes after Adnan Maqsood's suspension, but luck deserted them.
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Faizan B.K
08-23-2005 11:26 am
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