The 1st Edition of Professional League 2021 two matches were played today at Synthetic Turf TRC Srinagar.*
_The First match was played between Hyderya Sports FC & Lonestar KFC_
_The 2nd match was played between SCFA and Downtown Hero’s FC_
Nazir Makhdoomi
Srinagar, 27 July (NSR): The First match was played between Hyderya Sports FC & Lonestar KFC. Both the clubs started with the dominating approach trying to beat the defence lines to find the net. Both had an ample opportunities to score the net but missed the targets. The 1st half ended with a goalless draw. In the 2nd half, Hyderya Sports FC were bent upon taking the lead and made some good moves and all their attempts were foiled by the defence line of LKFC. In the last minute Hyderya Sports FC were awarded a penalty kick for rough tackling inside the penalty area and Shahnwaz of Hyderya Sports FC made no mistake in converting it into a goal. Thus Hyderya Sports FC defeated LKFC by a solitary goal. Salah Shafi of Hyderya Sports FC was declared as the man of the match.
The 2nd match was played between SCFA and Downtown Hero’s FC. The young squad of SCFA gave a tough resistance to Downtown Hero’s FC and foiled the sure shot chances of Downtown Hero’s FC and didn’t succeed in converting into a goal. The I1st half ended with goalless draw. The 2nd half was equally full of attacks and counter attacks and it was in the 60th minute that Downtown Hero’s FC were able to convert a free kick into a goal and took the lead through Hanan. After conceding a goal SCFA Boys dominated the match for a long time and tried their best to equalize the score. They made certain beautiful moves at the goal and their calculated moves enthralled the audience. It was in the last minute of the match that SCFA made tremendous move and scored a brilliant goal through Afnan and leveled the score. The match ended in a 1:1 draw. Afnan was declared as man of the match.
_On Wednesday-28th July two matches will be played. The Ist match will be played between J&K Bank XI & Shaheen Sports FC at 3:00PM & 2nd match between Hyderya Sports FC and Kashmir Avaengers FC at 5:00Pm._
The Tournament is organized by J&K Football Association in collaboration with J&K Sports Council
The partners of the Tournament are Fala Aam waqaf (Medical Partner), Big 92.7FM (Radio Partner), Ajwa (Drinking water partner) & IY impex (Cooldrink Sponsor) (NSR)
