SAFF Federation Cup 2018, India vs Pakistan: 5 Talking Points

#3 Mixed Pakistan team lacked cohesion

Jose Antonio Nogueira

Pakistan manager Jose Antonio Nogueira selected a squad that included players plying their trades in seven different leagues across the world. The unusual mix of players made up a team that looked out of sorts against a U-23 team.

The job of the manager is to ensure that the players can communicate with each other fluently which ensures slick passing and containing opponent players but the Pakistan team never looked like one unit on the pitch for the whole 90 minutes.