Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 3: JKSPDC-XI defeated Court Road Football Club (FC) by three goals to zero in the ongoing Ist Positive Kashmir Knockout Football Championship, being played at Synthetic Turf TRC here.
As the match started, forwards of both the teams started attacking each other’s goalpost to seize an early initiative. In the first half, both teams attacked each other’s goalpost frequently, but the defence lines withheld the pressure and didn’t allow any goals to be scored.
The second half was a highly entertaining match as defence lines of both the teams attacked each other’s goal post from both the flanks. In the 60th minute, JKSPDC-XI was awarded a penalty kick for a gross offence by a defender. Zaffar of JKSPDC-XI made no mistake in converting the penalty kick and took the lead. In the 75th minute, Mehran consolidate their lead for JKSPDC-XI. In the dying moments Kartik of JKSPDC-XI scored third goal for his team.
The defence lines of Court Road FC were always under pressure and the final minutes of the match proved a real entertainment when the winning team was trying to protect their lead and the losing team was desperate to score.
When the referee blew the final whistle, the score line read 3:0 in favour of JKSPDC-XI.
The Championship is being organized by Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council (JKSC).