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| Semis line-up drawn in Gold Cup Football | | | Early times report
JAMMU, Jan 06: Semi-finals position has been cleared in the ongoing 5th Christmas Gold Cup Football Tournament with the entry of J&K Bank, J&K Forest, J&K Police-A and 9 Assam Regiment in the last four stages, here today.
Now, in the semi-finals, to be played on January eight, J&K Bank shall take on 9th Assam Regiment XI at 12 noon while J&K Forest shall lock horns against J&K Police-A at 2 pm at GGM Science College ground, here.
Earlier, in the quarterfinals, played today, J&K Bank blanked Vijay Club 4-0 at GGM Science College. Leading by two goals in the first half, Bank showed their aggression in the last 20 minutes game making it a one-sided affair.
Khalid Qayoom opened the bank account scoring in the 33rd minute of the match, followed by second goal coming through Bilal Ahmed in the 36th minute.
Later, in the second half of the play, Bank played cautiously to maintain the lead. However, in the remaining 20 minutes of the match, J&K Bank remained in Vijay Club half making repeated attempts on the net.
Aggression paid the bank with Hardeep Singh in the 71st and Bilal Ahmed in the 85th struck the goal and helped the side make it a big 4-0 win. This match was officiated by Rajib Dev (centre), Dany Burat, Honey and Fiestus Sotra.
In another quarterfinal, J&K Police-A trounced Musa Club by a solitary goal. Zahib Zahoor was only scorer who struck in the 55th minute. The highly charged game witnessed four yellow cards. While Haial Ahmed and Vinay Kumar were punished for their foul play from J&K Police, Sunil Kumar and Baljeet Singh were shown yellow cards from Musa Club.
In other two quarterfinals, played at Mini Stadium Parade, J&K Forest defeated Young Hero 1-0 while Nine Assam Regiment XI registered a big 5-1 win over J&K Police-B.
Fans miss Nigerians
The absence of two Nigerians in the ranks of J&K Bank was felt by the football fans at GGM Science College. Both these star strikers are presently not playing for the Bank.
“We are expecting Badru K Ibrahim to join the team in near future while another Nigerian, Karim is no more associated with J&K Bank. However, Karim will be replaced by Martin, who has also played for us earlier,” manager of the J&K Bank team, Zahoor Ahmed Teli told SAN.
In the meantime, the Bank has also relieved two Manipur boys, Daba and Allen Bhutia in the recent past thus making it purely a state team.
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