2017 Asia Cup: Pakistan face Group B toppers Malaysia
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KARACHI: Pakistan hockey team, after subordinate for a second round, will face Malaysia in their initial compare of a final-four turn of a 2017 Asia Cup during Dhaka on Wednesday.
The Greenshirts entered turn dual by finishing on a second position pleasantness a 7-0 opposite Bangladesh, a 2-2 pull opposite Japan and 3-1 improved to India in Group A.
Malaysia and South Korea finished on a initial and second position respectively to make it into a final-four from Group B.
The formula of a belligerent rounds array Pakistan opposite Malaysia in their initial compare of second round, while India face South Korea in a other match.
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Pakistan captain Muhammad Irfan is confident to redress a mistakes that led to a pull and a improved in a organisation matches.
“We are operative on a diseased areas and are focusing some-more on finishing a moves successfully, that requires some-more coordination in a field,” he said. “We missed a lot of possibility in all 3 matches that is a debility we have been operative on for a final integrate of days. We are confident to do good in a subsequent match.”
Meanwhile, conduct manager Farhat Khan pronounced a players are in a good form and they only need to get their act together in a midfield to furnish improved results. “The other teams are holding advantage of this, they decider a pierce and urge their goal. We have to emanate and finish moves that a other organisation don’t expect,” he said.
Farhat combined that defenders need to reset their concentration on providing improved balls to a midfield.
“The defenders are doing fine,” he said. “They only need to keep concentration a bit some-more on a ball. You can’t take your eye off a round even for a second; otherwise, we remove a move. We’ll be putting to exam all a use in a compare opposite Malaysia.”
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