Current champion of the Inter-District Football Championship Mardan club lifted the trophy of the District Govt Sports Festival Football Tournament after defeating Iftikhar XI in the penalty shoot-out final played at Younis Stadium Mardan on Saturday.
Parliamentary Leader of the District Assembly Mardan District Shahid Bacha was the chief guest on this occasion who witnessed the thrilling final. President District Football Association Mardan Ali Gohar, international footballer Zahir Muhammad, Senior Vice President DFA Mardan Saeed Muhammad, DSO Munawar Khan, VP Fida Muhammad, and hundreds and thousands of spectators were also present and enjoyed the thrill-packed final.
Before the start of the match the teams were introduced to the chief guest well before the start of the match on fast tempo. Both the teams exhibited classic display with some beautiful passes was also witnessed. Mardan club raided the rival defence by taking a lead through Fahim Khan on the field attempt. Fahim Khan took the ball from the right winger Shehzad and zoomed quickly into the danger zone and slammed in a beautiful goal to make the tally 1-0. After a break of five minute Iftikhar Club succeeded in leveling the tally through Jan Muhammad on the field attempt. When both were locked 1-1 at the end of the first session, it was the second session when again Mardan club took the lead through Rizwan. Rizwan lead was not prolonged as Fayyaz Khan tied the tally for Iftikhar Club when he scored a beautiful goal through field attempt.
To decide the fate of the team both were awarded five each penalty kicks on which Mardan club scored on all five attempts while Iftikhar Club missed the target and thus Mardan won the match by 7-6. The match was supervised by Ali Rehman, Yasir and Arsalan while Fida Khan acted as match commissioner. At the end, the chief guest gave away trophy and cash prizes to the winners and runners-up. The winner was awarded Rs 6000 and the runners-up got Rs 4000.
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