Mehran Football Club win the title of IFA Unity Cup Football Tournament
Mehran FC defeated Akbar FC on a close call by 2-1 and claimed the victory of the title of IFA Unity Cup Football Tournament played at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex in Islamabad.
Mehran Football Club battled with Akbar Football Club in the final of IFA Unity Cup Football Tournament in which astonishing performance was showed by the players of Mehran Football Club who claimed the victory of the tournament by beating Akbar Football Club on a close call of 2-1.
Both teams started into the match displaying their true potential and created several chances at each other’s goal posts but the score-line remained goalless for each side till the end of the full first half. However, Danyal Khan scored first goal for the winning club and with the support of Sammad who slammed the second goal made sure that his team was able to celebrate the victory of this tournament. Asad was the sole player to score the consolation goal for the losing team.
It was a tremendous win of Mehran Football Club against Akbar Football Club in the final of IFA Unity Cup Football Tournament.
Unity Cup Football Tournament 2018 was jointly organized by Life Through Sports – Pakistan (LTS) and Punjab Sports Board (PSB) under the supervision of Islamabad Football Association (IFA) which featured 16 teams in total who were seen in action competing against each other for the ultimate prize win.
The four-day tournament was played from 15th to 18th September respectively. John Stephen was the organizing secretary of the tournament.
The winner of the tournament, Mehran Football Club was awarded with a prize money of 15,000 PKR while the runner-up team Akbar Football Club pocketed 10,000 PKR.
Following were the participating teams:
1. Elite FC
2. Mehran FC
3. Akbar FC
4. Ravi FC
5. Quaid-e-Azam FC
6. Ghauri FC
7. Haidery FC
8. Youth Power FC
9. Al-Qaim FC
10. PAK-Sporting FC
11. Kiran FC
12. Tarmri FC
13. Zeeshan FC
14. Model Town FC
15. Rover FC
16. Islamabad Academy FC
