Semi-final matches took place on third day of 75th Senior State Football Championship at Lyallpur Khalsa College 

Jalandhar: 75th Senior State Football Championship is being organized by District Football Association at Lyallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar. 

Dilbag Singh, former footballer was the chief guest during the first match of the third day of the championship. He was welcomed by Principal Dr. Jaspal Singh, Prof. Gopal Singh Buttar and Ajwant Singh Ball. 

The chief guest in his address said that only disciplined players can progress in sports. He encouraged the players to work hard in their field. He also appreciated the achievements of DFA in the field of sports. 

Today's first semi-final match was played between Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and Kapurthala in which Kapurthala's team succeeded in scoring 4 goals against 1 and entered the final. Pankaj was declared the best player of this match. 

Today's second match was played between the hosts Jalandhar and Patiala teams in which the Patiala team won 1-0. S. G.S. Bath, Deputy Circle Head PNB was the chief guest of this match. He was accompanied by Prabhjot Kaur, Pawan Atri from PNB, Harjinder Singh, Secretary PFA, Mr. Harpreet Singh International Player and Harvinder Singh Mitha. Chandra Shekhar was declared the best player of this match. 

On this occasion, Sukhi Mann, Vijay Vaish, Balwinder Rana, Santokh Singh Norway, Dhanwant Kumar, Vijay Bali, Joint Secretary Punjab Football Association, Hardeep Singh former international football player, Parveen Kumar former footballer, Ramesh Lal, Bhupinder Singh Bhindi, Jagdish Singh, Amrit Lal Saini and other football lovers were present.

Tomorrow the third and fourth place matches will be played at 12:30 pm and the finals will be played at 2:30 pm. /(Oct 18, 2024)