Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 17: J&K Bank Football Team and J&K Bank Football Academy played a 1-1 draw in a match of the ongoing 1st Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (MMS) Memorial Football Tournament, being organized by Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) at Synthetic Turf TRC, here.
As the play started the forward lines of both the teams failed to breach the defence lines of each other in the first half. The goal keepers of both the teams made some exceptional saves.
In the closely contested match, forwards of both the teams attacked each others’ goal post from both the flanks right from the start of the second half. In 46th minute of the match, Aakif Javed of Bank Team got an opportunity to put his team ahead and he without any mistake sent the ball right into the goalpost of the opposite team. Ahteeb Shafi scored an equalizer for Bank Academy.
In the last 10 minutes of the match, the aggression of players from both the teams was visible as they tried desperately to score. However, as the referee blew the final whistle, the score line read 1-1. Ahteeb Shafi was declared as the player of the match for his brilliant performance. He was given Rs 1000 cash and a memento.
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