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| Police clinch thriller from Forest XI to enter final | | 3rd Sher-i-Kashmir Gold Cup Football Tournament | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 19: The senior side of Jammu and Kashmir Police today took the revenge of defeat in the hands of J&K Forest in Greater Kashmir Cup final after they outplayed latter in tie-breaker 4-1 in the semifinals of the 3rd Sher-i-Kashmir Gold Cup Football Tournament, organised by J&K Youth National Conference at GGM Science College ground, here.
The senior police side played a reasonable soccer thereby entertaining a strong crowd of football lovers, who witnessed the game despite showers.
The contest was so tense that it generated a lot of heat from both the sides thus forced the players commit mistakes. As many as five yellow cards were shown to policemen while Forest XI punished with one yellow card by center referee, Deepak Kumar in this 90-minute game.
Finding the game ended in a goalless draw in the stipulated time, the organizers straightway go for tie-breaker rules wherein J&K Police emerged winners 4-1.
J&K Police did no mistake in the penalties and all the four attempts by Ajay Kumar, Ramesh Kumar, Manmohan Singh and Fiaz Ahmed were successfully converted into goals. On the other hand, only Ashu could able to beat the goal-keeper while Rizwan and Anoos Gill missed the target from Forest XI.
"We will continue to play an attacking game as we did in today's semifinal against Forest XI. We have already defeated J&K Bank in the last two encounters, so the boys are mentally prepared to take on the side in final. Though the professional side of Bank has a number of outsiders, including two Nigerians, still we have an upper hand," said J&K Police coach, Inspector Ranjit Singh.
Meanwhile, organizing secretary of the tournament, Surinder Singh Bunty told reporters that the date for final between J&K Bank and J&K Police is yet to be decided. "We have yet to finalise the date for final, but, most probably, the title clash shall take place on February 21," he informed. |
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