KARACHI: SSGC managed their first win of the competition when they fired two goals in the last ten minutes to beat PEL 3-1 in the Pakistan Premier Football League on Friday at Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore. PEL opened the scoring in the 32nd minute when FIFA Referee Rana Naseer Ahmed penalized SSGC’s stopper Shahid Jr for a handball infringement and immediately pointed to the spot. Striker Muhammad Shaire made no mistake from the penalty mark and hammered the ball into the left corner, past keeper Adnan Ahmed. But their joy was short-lived as ten minutes later right winger Zia Ur Rehman curled the ball from the right wing and lanky spearhead Asim Faiz’s header proved too smart for keeper Saqib Hanif. It was 1-1 at half-time and SSGC went ahead in the 80th minute. Zia ur Reham, who played brilliantly in the match alongwith Imran, sent a crashing drive from the right flank that took deflection off stopper Ghazanfer and flew past Saqib. The match commissioner, Mian Rizwan Ali, credited the goal to Zia as his try was goalmouth. PEL suffered another blow in the 85th minute when their skipper Shah Nawaz swept lovely corner from the right flank and unmarked midfielder Sabir Khan do the needful with a fierce header. PEL might have reduced the damage but Muzaffar Ali saw his forceful drive ricocheted off the cross-bar. Injury time saw Rana giving marching orders to players of both teams - Muzaffar Ali (PEL) and Shahid Jr (SSGC) - for a risky mid-air clash just outside PEL’s area. KESC had a disappointing time at Municipal Stadium, Rawalpindi. They lost their skipper Muhammnad Essa through a 72nd minute red card and suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of title holders KRL. International Muhammad Qasim was the star performer for the winners with two second half goals in the 51st and 57th minute after being1-0 up at half time with the first-half scorer being Muhammad Shahid. PMC Athletico Club drew 1-1 with Baloch FC, Nushki at PMC Ground in Faisalabad. Both the goals emerged in the first session with Nushki’s striker Wali Khan equlaising after Naveed Mumtaz’s 36th minute goal. The same scoreline was recorded in a tense Navy-PIA clash at Municipal Stadium, Rawalpindi. Both the teams shared one goal and one point. PIA were the first to show promise with skipper Nasr Ullah Khan’s goal in the 19th minute but they suffered agony when Muhammad Haji was given a red card in the 30th minute. The ten-man team showed hesitation for the rest of the match and failed to stop the equalizer scored by midfielder Muhammad Bilal in the 40th minute. There were no goals in the second half. Sunday’s fixtures: PMC Athletico Club v NBP (PMC Ground, Faisalabad 3 PM) PEL v KPT (Model Town Football Academy Ground, Lahore 3 PM) KRL v HBL (Municipal StadiumRawalpindi 12.30 PM) Navy v Afghan (Municipal StadiumRawalpindi 3 PM) – PPI