Saturday , November 23 2024

Purnia defeated Nepal in Nasim Jamal Naqi Challenge Trophy Football Match

Araria, May 3 (HS). In the Football Trophy Challenge match organized in the memory of eminent football player and coach late Naseem Jamal Naki, Purnia defeated Nepal team by 3 goals to 1.

Purnia scored three goals before the interval while Nepal scored one goal after the interval. Thus Purnia won the match by two goals. This match was organized by Modern Sports Club at Netaji Subhash Stadium Araria. In which Purnia dominated the match by scoring three goals before the interval. This match was organized to pay tribute.

It is worth mentioning that Naseem Jamal Naqi was known as the magician of football. He not only brought glory to Araria but the entire country. Educationist Mo Mohsin attended this match as the chief guest. On this occasion, Bablu Marandi, Vijay and Sunil attended as match referees.

On this occasion Anand Mohan Sinha, Sarwar Alam, Prof AM Mujeeb, Rajendra Yadav, Changez Ansari were present as guests, besides club president Satyendranath Sharan, secretary Ishtiyak Alam, PRO Tanjil Ahmed Jhunnu, Zaki Ansari, Zakiul Hoda, Waqar Ahmed, Sadab Shamim, Sikandar Paswan, Mohtasim Zubairi, Chand Azmi, Sadre Alam etc. Shields were presented to the captains of the winning and runner-up teams. Man of the match was given to Simon of Purnia.