Leisure Leagues Corporate Football League Continue in Full Swing
Leisure Leagues has taken the initiative to hold its Corporate Seven-a-Side Football League at the Karachi United Football Stadium.
Eight teams are participating in the Leisure Leagues Corporate Football League named Group, Wonder Works, Hyundai, Coca Cola, Karachi United Football Foundation (KUFF), PSO, Leisure Leagues and Hilal Foods.
The tournament is being played on round robin basis, as every team has to play seven matches before the league enters in its final phase. Each team will play seven matches and the top four teams will qualify for semifinals. Total of 31 matches will be played during the league phase.
Final round of the leagues matches will start from Saturday 21st April and the semifinals and the summit clash will be held the next day on Sunday 22nd April 2018.
In the first match, PSO received a walkover against Wonder Works after the side did not show up at the time of the scheduled match while Coke football team defeated Hilal Foods 3-0 after Kamran scored two goals and Fahad scored one for the winners in the match.
The match between Hyundai and Coke ended in a 1-1 draw where Hafeez scored goal for Hyundai and Umer Mirza scoring for Coke. The match between Wonder Works and Daraz football team finished on a goalless draw.
PSO also played a draw against Hyundai as both teams scored one goal each. Zark scored for PSO while Abdullah scored for Hyundai in the match. Match between Daraz and Coke match also ended in a 1-1 draw. Hamza scored for Coke and Mehar scored for Daraz team.
However, in their match against PSO, Daraz played brilliantly winning the match 4-1 – thanks to Hamza, who scored two goals, and Waheed and Imtiaz, who contributed one goal each. Zark scored a consolatory goal for PSO.
The biggest victory was recorded by host Leisure Leagues team who humbled Coke by 5-0 score. Orangzaib braced for the side while Sameer, Rashid and Ayaz scored one goal each. Leisure Leagues recorded another big win against PSO by 4-0. Ayaz scored a brilliant hat-trick while Mehar scored the fourth goal.
In another fixture against Karachi United team, Leisure Leagues found their match and conceded a 1-2 defeat. Noor and Yousaf scored one goal each for home team while Orangzaib scored a consolatory goal for the tournament hosts.
Karachi United team also thrashed Daraz by 2-1 with Faisal and Noor scoring one goal apiece for the winning side. Huzaifa scored one for Daraz.
The tournament was initially planned to be held at Olympian Iftikhar Syed Sports Academy (OISSA) but after first round of matches, the tournament was moved to Karachi United Football Stadium due to unavoidable reasons.
