Annual Football Championship
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 29: In the ongoing Annual Football Championship, the remaining part of the match between Downtown Hero’s FC and Lonestar KFC, which was abandoned due to poor visibility was played today.
The match was decided via tiebreaker, in which Lonestar KFC defeated Downtown Hero’s FC by 6-5 goals.
The first match was played between AG’s XI & Real Kashmir FC. The match started with both the teams playing offensive football, dribbling, man to man marking and perfect ball control were the main features of the game. Real Kashmir FC defeated AG’s XI by a margin of 4 goals to one.
Though AG’s XI tried hard to increase the margin to equalize but failed.
The second match which was the first quarter final of the tournament was played between JKSPDC-XI and Hyderya Sports. It was in the 10th minute of the first half when Yasir of JKSPDC-XI scored a goal. Immediately after Hyderya FC players put a lot of pressure on opponents and Noman made no mistake in equalizing the score in 15th minute the first half. Half time score was 1:1. The second half of the match saw beautiful moves from both the sides trying to find an opening but could not break the ice. The spectators enjoyed every movement of the game and appreciated the skill of both the teams. In the 75th minute of the match, Yasir of JKSPDC-XI netted a goal after a brilliant move made by their players and took one goal lead.
JKSPDC XI consolidated their lead and defeated Hyderya Sports FC by 2-1.
The Tournament is being organized by JKFA and is sponsored by JKSC.
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