Goals galore on opening day of PPFL
Navy, KPT play out 3-3 draw; PAF thump ZTBL 3-0.
Wapda will play debutants Lyallpur FC in Lahore and NBP will face PIA in Karachi on Monday. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
The opening day of the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) saw two high-scoring matches yesterday.
Navy and KPT played out a 3-3 draw while PAF crushed ZTBL 3-0 in Lahore.
Sajjad Ahmed, Mohammad Amin and Mohammad Bilal scored the goals for Navy in the first-half, while KPT’s Jalil Ahmed pulled one back with the teams going into the interval at 3-1.
KPT came out revived in the second-half with Zafar Majeed’s goal, but Junaid Qadir scored the equaliser to end the match 3-3.
Meanwhile, PAF thumped ZTBL 3-0 as Irfan Ali scored twice and Amir Khan claimed a solitary goal.
Match commissioner Rauf Bari from Lahore said that the opening match pulled a crowd of at least 800 people at the Model Town Football Stadium, while around 1000 spectators witnessed the season-opener in Karachi’s KPT stadium.
In today’s matches, Wapda will play debutants Lyallpur FC in Lahore and NBP will face PIA in Karachi.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2013.
The opening day of the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) saw two high-scoring matches yesterday.
Navy and KPT played out a 3-3 draw while PAF crushed ZTBL 3-0 in Lahore.
Sajjad Ahmed, Mohammad Amin and Mohammad Bilal scored the goals for Navy in the first-half, while KPT’s Jalil Ahmed pulled one back with the teams going into the interval at 3-1.
KPT came out revived in the second-half with Zafar Majeed’s goal, but Junaid Qadir scored the equaliser to end the match 3-3.
Meanwhile, PAF thumped ZTBL 3-0 as Irfan Ali scored twice and Amir Khan claimed a solitary goal.
Match commissioner Rauf Bari from Lahore said that the opening match pulled a crowd of at least 800 people at the Model Town Football Stadium, while around 1000 spectators witnessed the season-opener in Karachi’s KPT stadium.
In today’s matches, Wapda will play debutants Lyallpur FC in Lahore and NBP will face PIA in Karachi.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2013.