Pakistan defeated Afghanistan 0-2 in the final of the Diamond Jubilee International Football Tournament played in Mali to win the title.
With this victory, Pakistan won a senior men’s international final for the first time since the 1991 South Asian Games. Earlier, Pakistan had won the gold medal by defeating the Maldives 0-2.
Moreover, this is Pakistan’s first regular international title since the 1952 Asian Quadrangle Football Tournament, in which Pakistan and India were declared joint champions. In the final played at the National Football Stadium, Mali on Wednesday, the Pakistani team maintained a strong grip on the game from the start and kept possession of the ball for most of the time.
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