*Iqbal Sports drubs SFA by solitary goal
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 20: J&K Bank Academy and Iqbal Sports emerged winners in the ongoing State Football League-2017 at Synthetic Turf, Tourist Reception Centre, here.
In the Premier-Division match, Iqbal Sports defeated State Football Academy (SFA) by a solitary goal.
Right from the start of the match, Iqbal Sports team played aggressive football and attacked the goal posts of opposite team frequently.
In 7th minute of the match, Rayees breached the defence lines of SFA and ensured Iqbal Sports takes an early lead in the match.
After conceding the lead, SFA players made several attempts in the first half to score an equalizer, but the defence lines of Iqbal Sports thwarted their attempts. The first half ended with Iqbal Sports leading 1-0. As the second half began, both the teams’ initially played defensive football and only in the last 20 minutes of the match, there was some urgency shown by the SFA to score an equalizer. However, they missed several opportunities to score and when the referee blew the final whistle, the score line read 1-0 in favour of Iqbal Sports. Rayees was declared as the man of the match for his performance.
In the Super Division match of the day, J&K Bank Academy thrashed Rahim Green Solina team by five goals to nil (5-0) in a one sided affair. Bank team dominated the match right from the start of the play and the helpless defenders of Solina team couldn’t match them. Sahil Bashir opened the account for the Bank in just 5th minute of the match and just five minutes later doubled the lead. Yasir Rafiq made it 3-0 for the Bank Academy in 13th minute of the match while Sajid scored fourth goal in 29th minute.
The Solina players tried their best to score, but the defence lines of Bank team thwarted all their attempts. At the end of the first half, the score line read 4-0 in favour of the Bank. In second half also the Bank players were all over the ground and Sahil Banday scored the fifth goal ensuring a thumping victory for his team.
More than 500 football teams and clubs with over 12000 players and over 1500 team officials are participating in State Football League-2017, a mega event, first of its kind in the history of J&K football. According to the organizers, the aim of holding such a mega event is to unearth the hidden talent across the state.
While B-Division League of State Football League is already completed with IFC Nowgam winning the title, the A-Division League has reached into the final stage with Fort View FC and Novelty FC qualifying for finals.
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