Pak, Lebanon match in Asian U-19 football championship

LAHORE—The National Youth football teams of Pakistan and Lebanon will play their fourth match in 36th AFC U19 Championship tomorrow, Wednesday, at Teheran.
The 6-team event is in progress at Teheran’s Paas Stadium and Rah Ahan Stadium, and will come to conclusion on November 17.
Lebanon is favorite to win the match as they are currently third in the table with six points from three matches while Pakistan yet to open account. Group-leader Iran will take on fifth-placed Bahrain on the same day while Oman, second behind Iran on goal-counts, will clash with India (3 pts) who have an outside chance to qualify from this group.
The top-two teams from each of the seven qualifying groups, including Group-B, of AFC U19 Championship advance to the finals along with the best third-placed team. The top-four finishers of AFC Youth Championship 2008 will advance to the 17th FIFA World Youth Championship 2009 at Egypt .
Pakistan ‘s manager Muhammad Imtiaz Butt provided 20-player squad comprised of following players : Goal Keepers (2) : Zaid Arif, Jehangir Defenders (8) : Muhammad Jalil, Alamgir Khan, Rai Akmal Shahzad, Mohsin Shah, Badshah Gul, Sohaib Akram, Shahid Zamir, Muhammad Tauseef Midfielders (6) : Irfan Khan, Usman Hussain, Umar Farooq Javed, Muhammad Mehdi, Rashid Ali, Khurram Shahzad Strikers (4) : Haroon Ishaq, Kaleem Ullah, Muhammad Ashfaq, Adnan Butt
Lebanon’s manager Samir Saad announced following squad for the match : Goal-keepers (2) : Mohamed Hijazi, Mohamed Fattal Defenders (8): Nour Mansour, Omar Ouaida, Ahmad El Massri, Hassan Nasser, Rami Bahlawan, Alaa Termoss, Hassan Jaber, Nassri Nahas Midfielders (5) : Abdallah Taleb, Ahmad Zreik, Ali Farran, Hassan Alaouieh, Mohammad Ayoub Strikers (6): Kassem Leila, Mustapha Chahine, Ali Bazzi, Kamel Serhan, Ali Al Hadi Rammal, Mohamad Haidar
Wednesday (November 14) Fixture : Oman vs India at Rah Ahan Stadium Pakistan vs Lebanon at Paas Stadium Bahrain vs IR Iran at Paas Stadium—Agencies