KARACHI: In the last league match of Group ‘D’ of the Naya Nazimabad Ramadan Night Football Tournament, Abdul FC defeated Khyber Muslim 3-0 in a one-sided contest on Monday to make it to the semi-finals.

The match was played at the Naya Nazimabad football ground.

In the previous Group ‘A’ match, Gharib Shah Union defeated Hazara Muhammadan 3-1. The winning team’s goals were scored by Noman, Hashir and Rafi. Hazara Mohammadan’s goal was scored by Zain.-

Shams Taj of Abdul FC scored the first goal in the 38th minute to give his team the lead. Fourteen minutes later, Abdullah Chhepa doubled the lead. Many goal opportunities were missed in the second half of the game.

Finally at the last minute, Noman Ahmed scored a goal and confirmed the ticket of Abdul FC in the final four.

The third team of the same group, National Soccer, despite having four points could not make it to the semi-finals on the basis of low goal average.

Tournament director Nasir Ismail declared Abdullah Chhepa worthy of Masha United Man of the Match award for his outstanding performance. Naveed Ahmed, the former captain of Pakistan football team, was the special guest on the occasion.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2021