Pakistan qualifies for the FIFA World Cup after defeating Combodia 1-0 in a World Cup football qualification match on Tuesday.
In the 67th minute of an intense match, Pakistan’s Harun Hamid Khan scored the game-winning goal in front of a small but passionate crowd at Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad.
During their meeting last week, the two clubs drew goalless in Cambodia during the first leg.
The green shirts will next play Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Tajikistan in Group G of the qualification round.
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This incredible victory happened just eight years after an international football match was held in South Asia, a region renowned for its love of cricket.
Pakistan qualifies for the FIFA Worldcup
The northern city of Lahore hosted Pakistan’s and Afghanistan’s most recent home international match in 2015. They previously faced Bangladesh in a 2011 World Cup qualifying game.
Pakistan is a football-mad country, especially in the rural areas, despite the national team’s FIFA rating of 197th in the world.
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