J&K football team that started its campaign in Santosh Trophy football tournament -North Zone on shocking note as they could salvage only 1-1 draw with lowly opponents Delhi at Shardah University ground Noida on Tuesday.
J&K who were considered favorites in the match were shocked by last minute equalizer by the Delhi side. Hence J&K lost vital points.
In the first half both teams were not able to score a goal. In second half J&K started well by dominating play. Danish gave J&K lead by scoring first goal of the match. They got couple of more chances in between but failed to capitalize on those. Delhi desperate to score equalizer mounted frequent attacks. J&K in order to maintain lead went into shell, defending most of the time. That proved costly for them as in the last minute of the game Delhi was able to score equalizer and stun J&K.
J&K will now play its second match against Punjab on January 18 which is expected to be thriller while as will play last match against Himachal Pradesh on January 20.
