Faizan Sameer on Team Eighteen, Futsal/Football in Pakistan & More | Pressing Matters #66

<p>Faizan Sameer is the head coach and manager of Team Eighteen, one of Pakistan's best futsal teams, from Islamabad. Team Eighteen is a project by Eighteen, who have hand-picked the top futsal players in Pakistan for their squad, and plan to expand their facilities and futsal projects to an even bigger scale.</p> <p>Faizan talks to us about the team, his own journey as a coach/manager, and his thoughts on the current situation in Pakistani football.</p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <p>0:00 - Intro</p> <p>0:45 - How did Team Eighteen start?</p> <p>2:45 - Team Eighteen's long term vision in Pakistani futsal/football</p> <p>5:45 - Faizan's journey in football</p> <p>10:20 - The importance of man-management &amp; squad-building</p> <p>13:30 - The problems in Pakistani football - "ab players kay baaray mein sochnay ki zaroorat hai"</p> <p>16:10 - The change in the new generation of Pakistan</p> <p>17:30 - The criticisms received by Team Eighteen by some people in the football community</p> <p>19:45 - Daniel Limones "driven out" + loss of hope</p> <p>23:15 - Outro</p> <p>Follow us on:</p> <p>FACEBOOK &nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/onthemicoffi...</p> <p>INSTAGRAM &nbsp;https://www.instagram.com/onthemic_of...</p> <p>TWITTER &nbsp;https://twitter.com/on_themic</p> <p>Connect with us:</p> <p>INSTAGRAM</p> <p>Umer Fasie Bashir (Editor): https://www.instagram.com/umerfasieb/</p> <p>TWITTER</p> <p>Ismail Farooq (Host): https://twitter.com/thehalfspaces</p> <p>#PakistanFootball #TeamEighteen #FaizanSameer</p>