Drawback even before kick off for Super Football League
What was organizers thinking? Weren’t they able to do their homework before actually finalizing the dates for upcoming Super Football League. Starting a local league when you even know that all football fans around the world are involved in the hype of FIFA World Cup. Organizers, representatives from Sponsors ( Geo Super, Pakistan Football Federation, KESC) unveiled the fixtures, and details for the event in press conference at local hotel on Thursday 3rd June.
Total 5 teams will be participating including, defending champions Islamabad United, Karachi Energy, Lahore Lajpaals, Quetta Zorawar, and Tribal FC Peshawar. This event will surely going to boost the profile of the game locally but we are not sure whether their will be enough crowd to support their team since opening match is clashing with FIFA World Cup schedule. Both are starting on 11th of June. Unless football fans can take their time out and support local heroes.
An experienced National Playmaker, Muhammad Essa will represent Karachi Energy but it will disappointing for the fans of Jaffar Khan who is not featuring in the tournament. Geo Super is going to telecast all the matches which will take place in Peoples Stadium, Lyari.
Here is the rest of the draws.
11th June | Islamabad United | Karachi Energy | 10:00 pm |
12th June | Quetta Zorawar | Lahore Lajpaals | 10:00 pm |
13th June | Tribal FC Peshawar | Islamabad United | 1:30 pm |
17th June | Quetta Zorawar | Tribal FC Peshawar | 10:00 pm |
18th June | Lahore Lajpaals | Islamabad United | 11:55 pm |
20th June | Karachi Energy | Quetta Zorawar | 1:30 pm |
25th June | Tribal FC Peshawar | Lahore Lajpaals | 10:00 pm |
26th June | Islamabad United | Quetta Zorawar | 10:00 pm |
27th June | Karachi Energy | Tribal FC Peshawar | 12:30 pm |
2nd July | Karachi Energy | Lahore Lajpaals | 10:00 pm |
3rd July | Islamabad United | Tribal FC Peshawar | 11:00 pm |
4th July | Quetta Zorawar | Karachi Energy | 1:30 pm |
9th July | Lahore Lajpaals | Quetta Zorawar | 10:00 pm |
10th July | Karachi Energy | Islamabad United | 11:00 pm |
11th July | Lahore Lajpaals | Tribal FC Peshawar | 1:30 pm |
16th July | Quetta Zorawar | Islamabad United | 10:00 pm |
17th July | Tribal FC Peshawar | Karachi Energy | 10:00 pm |
18th July | Islamabad United | Lahore Lajpaals | 1:30 pm |
23rd July | Tribal FC Peshawar | Quetta Zorawar | 10:00 pm |
24th July | Lahore Lajpaals | Karachi Energy | 10:00 pm |
27th July | Rank 1st Team -A | Rank 4th Team | 10:00 pm |
28th July | Rank 2nd Team - B | Rank 3rd Team | 10:00 pm |
31st July | Final - Winner – A | Winner - B | 11:00 pm |
So what you guys think? Will there be enough crowd to cheer for local teams? Will media coverage going to be fair and enough for the local event despite the World Cup?