SAFF Championship 2011:Seventh Match Srilana Vs Afghanistan Pre Match Preview!!!

AFGHANISTAN Yousufzai; Faisal, Maqadar, Haroon, Djelaluddin; Mashriqi, Israfeel, Waheed, Hatifie; Ahmadi, Arezou

SRI LANKA Perera;  Warakagoda, Krishantha, Ruwanthilake, Gunarathne; Wijesiri, Zain, Tuwan, Lankesara; Bandara, Nandeeka

Afghanistan have made a decent start to their SAFF Championship campaign as they managed to take a point from their opening fixture against the defending champions as well as organizer , India. They had their opportunities to win the match in the last ten minutes, however coach Mohammad Yousef Kargar was pleased with his side’s display.

Belal Arezou is the man to watch out for his speedy runs and finishing skills while skipper Haroon Fakhrudin is their main creative outlet.

Sri Lanka would hope to build on their fantastic start with a 3-0 win over Bhutan and book their berth in the semi-finals. The attacking trio of Chathura Gunaratne, Nipuna Bandara and Mi Mohamed Zain have the potency to open any defence in the competition. So these two team are going to display the outstanding football. Srilanka will facng Afghanistan wants to take revenge of the lose they had with Afghanistan in Nepal on AFC challenge cup qualificiation match.

Facts about Two opponents:

• Sri Lanka national team was known as the Ceylon national football Team until 1972 when Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka.

• Sri Lanka have won the SAFF championship once and reached the semi-finals of the previous tournament.

• While Sri Lanka has a foreign coach at the helm in Jang Jung, while Afghanistan have a Mohammad Yousef Kargar, an Afghan national, as their chief coach.

Recent record of Two teams:

Head to Head

AFC Challenge Cup 2012 ‎(ACC)‎

09-Apr-2011

Sri Lanka 0 - Afghanistan 1

Last Five Matches

Afghanistan
03-Dec-2011	India 1 - Afghanistan 1	SAFF
11-Apr-2011	Korea DPR (PRK) 2 - Afghanistan 0	ACC
09-Apr-2011	Sri Lanka 0 - Afghanistan 1	ACC
07-Apr-2011	Afghanistan 0 - Nepal 1	ACC
25-Mar-2011	Afghanistan 2 - Bhutan 0	ACC

Sri Lanka
03-Dec-2011	Sri Lanka 3 - Bhutan 0	SAFF
11-Apr-2011	Nepal 0 - Sri Lanka 0	ACC
09-Apr-2011	Sri Lanka 0 - Afghanistan 1	ACC
07-Apr-2011	Korea DPR (PRK) 4 - Sri Lanka 0	ACC
20-Feb-2010	Sri Lanka 0 - Bangladesh 0	ACC