Islamabad & Malakand win in PFF National Inter-City Football Championship 2019

Islamabad and Malakand won their respective matches with contrasting results in Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) National Inter-City Football Championship 2019 which got underway simultaneously. 

In Bahawalpur, Islamabad recovered from a goal down to beat Gawadar by 2-1 score. Gwadar to 1-0 lead in the 24th minute following an impressive goal by Sikandar Baloch, who hit the ball into the nets from a distance of 30 yards.

However, Hussain Khan leveled arrears for Islamabad in the 40th minute. Both the teams battled for supremacy throughout the remaining game, except in the dying minutes, when Umar Saeed put Islamabad ahead in the 89th minute.

Meanwhile, Malakand thrashed Muzaffarabad recording a convincing 4-0 victory in Multan. Rizwan Ullah and Asim Ullah both shared the four goals equally between them for the winning side.

Earlier, the opening match of the event between Karachi Green and Gilgit ended in a goalless draw in Bahawalpur. Shahzeb Saeed, Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur was the chief guest at the opening ceremony.

The match between Jacobabad and Khyber teams in Multan also ended in a draw as both teams scored one goal each. Saifullah put Jacobabad ahead in the match with his goal in the 43rd minute. International striker, Yaseen Mohammad leveled the score line for Khyber in the 59th minute goal.

All Pakistan Inter-City Football League is being organized by Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) which is having matches played in different cities across the country, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan, Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta and Mastung.

This championship offers an attractive prize money of Rs. 4 Lac for the winner team while the runner-ups will get 2 Lac worth of cash pursue. The third position team will be awarded with Rs 1.5 Lac.