SrinagarJ&K Bank XI had better off Accountant General’s (AG’s) XI in their Premier Division fixture of State Football League-2017 by 2-0 played at Synthetic Turf TRC Ground, a statement issued by Jammu and Kashmir Football Association said on Tuesday. The Super Division tie between Jhelum Sports and Lone Star KFC Blue played at the same venue ended in a draw.
The game between two quality sides JK Bank and AGs XI was expected to be a closely contested affair and football fans in huge numbers had gathered at the venue to witness it. And, it did live up to the billing. No sooner the game started, the forward lines of both the teams tried to make an early impact and attacked each others goal post regularly. There was no early goal though as none of the teams was able to breach the defence line of the opposition.
But all this changed in the 28th minute when Danish of JK Bank scored the first goal of the match giving his team a huge boost. AG’s XI tried to score an equaliser but failed to do so as teams went to half-time break with score line reading 1-0 in favour of the JK Bank.
The second half witnessed some attacking football by both the teams as AG’s team was desperate to score an equaliser while the Bank wanted to double the lead. However, till the last minutes of the match no team was successful in their attempts. The hopes of AG’s team to score an equaliser were dashed in the last minutes of the match when Rohit found net to make it 2-0 in JK Banks favour. The shocked AG’s players had no time to react as the referee blew final whistle. Faisal Thakur of the Bank team was declared player of the match.
The Super Division match of the day between Jehlum Sports and Lone Star Blue ended in a goal less draw. Right from the start of the match, player from both the teams tried to attack opposite goal post frequently. But on all the occasions, they failed at the finishing line. When the referee blew the final whistle the score line read 0-0.
The State Football League-2017 is being organised by the J&K Football Association (JKFA) in all 22 districts of the state to unearth the hidden talent. More than 500 football teams and clubs with over 12000 players and over 1500 team officials are participating in the mega event, first of its kind in the history of J&K football.
While B-Division League of State Football League is already completed with IFC Nowgam winning the title, the A-Division League has reached to the final stage with Fort View FC and Novelty FC qualifying for final. In Super and Premier Division leagues, more than 60 percent matches have been completed.
The premier division teams include J&K Bank XI, Forest XI, Police XI, Food and Supplies XI, Accountant General’s XI, Maharaja FC, Iqbal FC, I-League Lone Star KFC, I-League Real Kashmir FC, Power Development Corporation and State Football Academy are participating in the event.
The DFA Srinagar, DFA Anantnag, DFA Baramulla, Sopore Zone and Pattan Zone, DFA Budgam, DFA Kulgam, DFA Shopian, DFA Pulwama, DFA Ganderbal, DFA Zone Kupwara and Handwara, DFA Bandipora Zone, Hajin Zone, DFA Kargil and DFA Leh will send their teams for Kashmir province after the culmination of district leagues.
Similarly, DFA Jammu, DFA Kathua, DFA Samba, DFA Reasi, DFA Udhampur, DFA Rajouri, DFA Poonch, DFA Doda, DFA Ramban, DFA Kishtwar will send their respective teams from Jammu province.
The participating teams have strength of 20 players each with three officials. Besides Srinagar, the matches are being played in Anantnag, Baramulla, Sopore, Bandipora, Pattan, Hajin, Handwara, Kupwara, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian, Ganderbal, Budgam, Leh and Kargil.
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