The FIFA World Cup trophy came to Pakistan and our footballers are upset

KARACHI: A footballing website in Pakistan has reported that national footballers vented their anger on how they were treated when the FIFA World Cup trophy toured Pakistan. FootballPakistan.com, in a series of tweets, reported some of the male and female players have taken to social media to post their grievances about their treatment at the event whilst some ex-players also complained about being ignored.

Some of the male and female players have taken to social media to post their grievances about their treatment at the event, whilst some ex players also complained about being ignored. Their grievances shouldn't be ignored and we must learn from it to improve.

— FootballPakistan.com (@FootballPak) February 7, 2018

They also tweeted that that there was a lot of reaction around the appearance of showbiz personalities instead of footballers to bring the trophy to Pakistan from Thailand. It was also stated that managers could only invite 16 people and they invited the event management team, journalists, celebrities and the Pakistan's Women's National Team Captain Hajra Khan.

Now to the event and it's build. Lot of reaction has been around the use of showbiz celebrities instead of footballers to bring the trophy from Thailand.  Well they only had 16 slots, that included coke management, journalists, celebs and Pak WNT Cap Hajra Khan.

— FootballPakistan.com (@FootballPak) February 7, 2018

Men's National Team Captain Kaleemullah was unavailable and someone else should have replaced, the website added.

Men's NT Cap Kaleemullah was unavailable and maybe somebody else should have replaced him. Now to the celebs, Momina, Maya and QB are Coke PK's brand ambassadors and it was their prerogative to send them if they felt they were going to get marketing value. Did they deliver that?

— FootballPakistan.com (@FootballPak) February 7, 2018

The appearance of Younis Khan was also discussed in the tweet. "Oh and why was Younis Khan there? YK is an avid football fan, he played football before he played cricket and has always offered to help promote football in Pakistan. If cricketers and showbiz celebs can play a part in popularizing minority sports in Pak, then why not?," FootballPakistan tweeted.

Oh and why was Younis Khan there? YK is an avid football fan, he played football before he played cricket and has always offered to help promote football in Pakistan. If cricketers and showbiz celebs can play a part in popularizing minority sports in Pak, then why not? pic.twitter.com/4OVscOCRNs

— FootballPakistan.com (@FootballPak) February 7, 2018

The website also complained about the lack of footballer’s pictures on social media.

Then those usual questions started pouring in as people saw selective pics on social media, for this example this picture attracted lot of outrage. Where are the footballers??? This was a group photo of these people, doesn't mean there weren't footballers there. pic.twitter.com/9bFkj6Lazc

— FootballPakistan.com (@FootballPak) February 7, 2018