 Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 23: The third phase of the first Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (MMS) Memorial Football Tournament began on Thursday (March 22) with J&K Bank Academy defeating Maharaja Sports by 3-1 in the first match of the round. After four-days break, due to 2nd Div I-League matches, the matches started at Synthetic Turf Football Stadium in Srinagar on Thursday. In the first high voltage match of the phase, JK Bank Academy defeated Mahraja Sports by three goals. The match proved a delight for thousands of spectators, who had converged to the venue to support their favourite teams, as both the teams displayed high quality skills.
As the play started the Bank players made a move to breach the defence lines of Maharaja Team and Zubair put his team ahead in just third minute of the match by scoring a goal. The lead gave a huge boost to the Bank players and they kept attacking the opposite goal post frequently. However, Maharaja players didn't lose heart and made all out attacks on Bank goalpost. In the 35th minute of the play, Maharaja scored an equaliser and at the end of first half score line read 1-1. |
