Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 25: In the ongoing State Football League, four matches were played at Polo Ground and Synthetic Turf TRC, here.
In the first A-Division match, played at Polo Ground, Fort View FC defeated Court Road FC by a solitary goal in a closely contested affair. Both the teams played aggressive football throughout the match, but Abnan Tariq managed to score one goal for the winning team. In the other A-Division match, Syed Taj-ud-Din FC won after getting a walkover as the opposite team Al-Fatah FC failed to report at the venue.
In the semifinal match of B-Division, played at Synthetic Turf TRC, IFC Nowgam defeated Tawheed FC by two goals to nil. The IFC Nowgam played some aggressive football and were rewarded with two goals. Owais Dar and Umer Rashid were the scorers for the winning team. With this victory, IFC Nowgam has qualified for the final of the B-Division event while Tawheed FC has been out of the tournament.
In Super-Division match also played at Synthetic Turf TRC, Young Lal Chowk FC played a goalless draw with Young Maharaja FC.
In the Premier-Division match also played at Synthetic Turf TRC, Maharaja Sports defeated J&K Forest XI by two goals to nil. Maharaja Sports opened their account in just seventh minute of the play as defender Umer chipped a pass to forward Imran, who made no mistake to convert it into a goal. The Forest players tried their best to score an equaliser, but couldn’t break the defence line of the Maharaja Sports. In 77th minute Mahraja Sports sealed the fate of the match in their favour when Raja Musharaf doubled the lead for them.
Meanwhile, seeing the response of the fans and the popularity of the event, J&K Football Association (JKFA) is making all efforts to make it count.
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