PESHAWAR: Carvaan FC defeated Registan FC 3-0 while Tarbela Shaheen FC clinched the City title by beating Golden FC 3-0 during penalty shootouts as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s youth continued to display their extraordinary football talent in the Ufone Football Tournament, organized within the KPK province.

Match winners from 6 out of 21 cities have already been announced while the remaining matches continue as per schedule. The first match was played in Lakki Marwat’s Kabir Khan Park where Carvaan FC and Registan FC faced each other for the City’s title. Carvaan FC dominated the game and defeated Registan FC with a score of 3-0. Touqeer, Kazi Tahir and Nouman scored the goals for their team to clinch the City title.

In Mansehra, Kohistan FC were victorious. Similarly, in Haripur, a challenging match was played between Tarbela Shaheen FC and Golden FC at Degree College Haripur’s ground. Both teams were unsuccessful in scoring a goal during the match that had to be decided over a penalty shootout.

Tank Bazaar ground witnessed the clash for the City title, where Aatish FC handed over a rather comprehensive defeat to Pak Fighter FC with a score of 6 -0. Shoaib scored a hat trick to solidify his team’s claim over the City title for Tank. Adnan, Fareed and Umer were amongst the other players who contributed with one goal each towards this historic win.

In Dera Ismail Khan, DFA Senior and DFA Junior battled it out for the City’s title at Iqra College ground. DFA Senior emerged as champions from D.I. Khan by beating DFA Junior with a score of 3 – 0. Zulfiqar, Faheem and Rehan scored goals to lead their team across the victory line.

Similarly, for Malakand’s title the match was played at Zafar Park, where Malakand Green FC and Batkhela White FC battled it out face to face.

Adnan from Batkhela White scored two crucial goals, first during the 16th minute and second during the 25th minute to solidify his team’s lead in the match. Later, during the 63rd minute, Waqar made a move to successfully score the third goal required to seal the victory for the team and clinch the City title from Malakand.

Published in Dawn, October 9th, 2019