Hero FC, Shaheen FC sail into semi-finals round

Winning team players posing for group photograph with dignitaries at Jammu.
Winning team players posing for group photograph with dignitaries at Jammu.

28th Annual Football C’ship

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 9: Trouncing their rivals convincingly in their respective matches, Hero FC and Shaheen FC entered into semi-finals round by defeating Vijay FC and Young Rovers in the ongoing 28th Annual Football Championship, being played at GGM Science College Ground, here today.
The first match was played between Vijay Club FC and Hero FC. Both the teams enthralled the audience with their spectacular moves. The first goal was scored by Vishal of Vijay FC in the 9th minutes of the 1st half, whereas in 42nd minute of the game, the score of both teams were as 1-1 goal as Tabish Ahmad netted goal for Hero FC. Vijay Club once again took the lead in 55th minutes of the game, Sandeep scored one more goal, whereas Hero FC equalized the lead in 84th minutes by Emad’s goal and thus game ended with 2-2 goals. Thereafter, the result of the match was decided in a tie breaker wherein Hero FC defeated Vijay Club by 6-4 goals.
In the 2nd quarter-final match, Shaheen FC thrashed Young Rover FC by 5-0 goals. Shaheen FC dominated the field and played a brilliant game which was applauded by the spectators.
Narinder Gupta, former chairman DFA Jammu and Charan Dass national player introduced the team players with other JKFA members. The tournament is being organized by JKFA and sponsored by JKSC.