Sports Reporter
JAMMU: Despite losing their second group match to Bihar 0-4, Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday qualified for the knock-out stages of quarterfinals in the SSPF-SAI National Talent Search and Nurture (NTSN) program at DPS Gaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
As per the reports reaching here, J and K footballers, in their attempt to top the group, played a hard battle against a formidable and super fit side of Bihar on Tuesday morning, although it has already qualified for quarterfinal stage. J and K conceded two consecutive goals in initial stage of the match but held the strongest side of the group with some strong defending by both midfielders and defenders. Goalkeeper lead the team from behind and kept the entire defense well organised and made some excellent saves throughout the match. In the process, J and K got its share of chances both in first and second halves but failed to convert the same into goals. J and K side started losing it’s defensive edge in last few minutes of the match and made silly mistakes to concede two more goals in dying moments of the match, final score being 0-4. J and K shall now fight against one of the best teams of the tournament, Jharkhand, in the quarterfinal on Wednesday.
