Friday, February 13, 2009

JK trounce UP East 8-0, Tameem scores 5 goals



8th All India BSNL Football Meet


Abid Khan


Srinagar, Feb 10: Five goals by main striker, Tameem Ahmad, helped JK BSNL team to thrash Uttar Pradesh East 8-0 in their second match of the 8th All India BSNL football meet at Patna Bihar on Tuesday. It was one-sided affair from the very start of the match. JK did not give any chance to its opponents. In the 5th minute of match, Tameem scored the first goal for his team. Two minutes later, Tameem was in action again. He dribble passed two defenders and kicked the ball into the left corner of the goalpost. The players grew aggressive and attacked UP left, right and centre. Tameem scored third goal for in the 30th minute completing his second consecutive hat-trick in the tournament. Minutes before the half time, Charan Das, scored the fourth goal in the 44th minute. At the end of the half time, the team was leading 4-0. In second half, Tameem continued his brilliant play and scored two more goals making it 6-0 for the team. In the 77th minute, Fayaz Ahmad joined the act and scored the seventh goal. In the 80th minute, he scored another goal taking the final tally to 8 for his team. This was the second comfortable win for JK in as many games in tournament. On Monday they had defeated Tamil Nadu BSNL 4-0. In their last group encounter, they will lock horns with Kerala on Thursday. Speaking over phone from Patna, Tameem said, he was extremely happy with his performance in the tournament. “It is great to see our team getting such big wins,” he said. “We are playing like a true team and the combination is great. The mid-field and the defence line is particularly good and they are making things easier for us in the forward.”


published in Greater Kashmir on Feb 11 link http://greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=11_2_2009&ItemID=3&cat=4

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