Football: KRL lose out on lead

KRL failed to maintain their pole position and recorded their second successive drawn game.

KARACHI: Defending champions KRL drew against PIA 1-1 in a lacklustre performance at the Pakistan Premier Football League in Islamabad yesterday. KRL, who were leading the points table before their departure to Dushabe for the AFC President’s Cup, failed to maintain their pole position and recorded their second successive drawn game. Saadullah scored a goal in the 25th minute before PIA’s Aziz Ahmed hit the equaliser in the 45th minute. Meanwhile, ZTBL defeated Baloch FC 1-0. In another match, PAF and Muslim FC recorded a 2-2 draw.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 6^th, 2012.