LAHORE,Sept 19: A second-half winner by Habib Baloch helped Habib Bank Limited (HBL) beat Wohaib Club, Lahore 1-0 in Pakistan Premier Soccer League 2005 at the University of the Punjab Old Campus ground on Monday.
The midfielder scored the lone goal of the match with a powerful low drive which went right past goalkeeper Bilal Rafiq in the 77th minute.
Meanwhile, a goal by Adeel Ahmed enabled Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to end Wapda’s unbeaten run by a 1-0 win at the Model Town ground.
Wapda, despite having seasoned players like Arif Mehmood, Zulfiqar Ali Shah and Muhammad Niaz failed to beat PTCL’s goalkeeper Amir Ali.
It was a stunning defeat for Wapda as they had earlier won against KRL 3-0.
Adeel struck in the 27th minute.
At Islamabad’s Naval Complex, the all-services tie saw Navy lose to twice national champions Army 2-1 despite taking lead. Muhammad Ramzan gave lead to seamen in the 10th minute by scoring a field goal. Army retaliated through Adnan Bari equalising the score 1-1, 18 minutes later.
After half-time Imran Hussain struck the winner in the 53rd minute. Both Imran and Adnan are leading scorers of Army with four goals each.
Following are the leading scorers of the league:
Muhammad Essa (Afghan Club, Chaman) 10.
Sattar Mansuri (NBP) 7.
Nazeer Ahmed (HBL) 6.
Arif Mehmood (Wapda), Qadeer Ahmed (KRL) 5 each.
Zulfiqar Ali Shah (Wapda), Adnan Bari (Army), Imran Hussain (Army), Fareed Majeed (KPT ), Abdul Khaliq (KPT), Ashraf (NBP), Asif Nawaz (Panther FC). 4 goals each.