The matches of the ongoing first Mufti Muhammad Sayeed (MMS) memorial football tournament are going on in full swing at different venues of the state with accountant general's- XI defeating Lone Star KFC by three goals to one in a match played at Synthetic Turf TRC here on Friday.
The match between star studded teams of AG's XI and Lone Star KFC was expected to be a high voltage encounter and it lived upto the expectations of the spectators, who had thronged the venue in thousands. Players from both the teams displayed high quality and high speed football enthralling the huge crowd.
As the match started, forwards of both the teams started attacking other's goalpost to seize an early initiative. AG's XI succeeded in their effort when Amanjoot Singh scored the first goal for his team in just 7th minute of the play. Leading by a goal, lifted the confidence of the AG's XI and they continued to attack opposite goalpost with higher frequency. The attention of Lone Star players was diverted from attack to defence due to the aggressive play by the AG's players. In 15th minute of the play, the attacking football paid rich dividends to AG's team as they doubled their lead. In rest of the first half, no further goals were scored and the score-line read 2-0 in favour of AG's team.
As the second half began, Lone Star players were desperate to score and they launched several attacks on the opposite goalpost. Tafazul of Lone Star managed to score one goal in 45th minute of the play and it opened up the match. The rest of the play was high speed football from both the teams as Lone Star tried their best to score an equaliser while AG's XI were trying to score third goal. When it looked the match will end 2-1, AG's team managed to score the third goal and virtually sealed the fate of the match.
