We Thought Pakistan Was All About Cricket: Ronaldinho, Ryan Giggs

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World famous footballers Ronaldinho and Ryan Giggs returned from Pakistan n Sunday night, expressing surprise at the "passion" for the game in a cricket loving nation.

The two footballers were in Pakistan on a two-day visit with five other international stars to play in two exhibition matches in Karachi and Lahore organised by the Leisure League.

"I think the security was excellent and we thought that Pakistan was only a cricket loving nation but after the our visit we know they are as passionate about football as well," Ronaldinho said through an interpreter in Lahore.

Pakistani cricketers, Azhar Ali and Hasan Ali, who visited the Fortress Stadium Lahore for the second match on Sunday, said the arrangements could have been better.

While the security arrangements for the footballers stay in Pakistan and the matches were manned by the Pakistan Army but the other organisational aspects of the matches came in for some criticism on the social media.

Leisure League and World Group of Companies put on sale ticket ranging from 2000 to 30,000 Pakistani rupees with many people complaining they couldn't get into the stadium in Karachi and then in Lahore due to organisational hassles. 

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