Pakistan’s star Muhammad Riaz rues the fact that the country is missing the South Asian Football Federation (Saff) Championship that started in Maldives on October 1. “Saff Championship is like the World Cup for us, because we need to at least do well on the regional level. They’ve completely destroyed Pakistan football and the players will suffer the most in the coming era. Shah did not reply to The Express Tribune when reached out for a comment on Saff and Afghan junior team. Thrice before 2018, Pakistan reached the semi-finals of the Saff championship; the years were 2005, 2003 and 1997.

Source: The Express Tribune October 02, 2021 09:21 UTC