2020 PREMIER FUTSAL LEAGUE SEASON A SUCCESS – MEHTA

MICHAEL MIYOBA writes@SunZambian PREMIER Futsal League (PFL) chairman Tarak Mehta has described the 2020 Futsal season as a success despite having been played with the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.Mehta said the PFL which took a break on Sunday for the Christmas holidays has witnessed a lot of developments with the introduction of the PFL Cup which features teams from the Premier League and Division one.Mehta said after breaking for the Christmas break after today’s fixtures, the league will resume next year with a lot of exciting fixtures lined up in both the Premier League and Division one.“The last games for the Automotive Premier Futsal League for the year 2020 will be played this weekend after which we will break for the Chris-mas Holidays and resume the league on January 8 next year,” said Mehta.“It has been a disappointing and successful year. Disappointing because of the pandemic but we have developed as a league and we will continue to do so with the introduction of the PFL Cup and other programmes for the junior teams.”Meanwhile, Premier Futsal League division one leaders Zanaco will seek to end the year on top of the 12-team table when they take on DS Acad-emy in the last fixture of the year at Automotive Indoor Futsal Arena.Zanaco will also seek maximum points as they fight to end the year unbeaten having won all their games and have one draw only. However, the Young “Bankers” who beat Pioneer Avengers 12-9 in their last league games will face a determined side which humiliated Bil FC 12-2 in their last league fixture.Struggling Mthunzi FC who are yet to win a game in the Division one league continues their journey with Tamanga Juldan who are fighting to bounce back from last weekend’s 4-3 defeat to Veterans FC who will be taking on Pioneer Avengers.In other fixtures, Lilanda Bullets who were stunned 8-3 by the Veterans in the last match will take on struggling BS Stars who are also seeking re-demption from last week’s defeat to Blue Bombas.Christian Academy date Efford Chabala who enjoyed victory in their last league game when they humbled Mthunzi 10-7. FIXTURES:Christian Academy vs Efford ChabalaVeterans vs Pioneer AvengersDS Academy vs ZanacoBlue Bombers vs Bil FCMthunzi FC vs Tamanga JuldanBS Stars vs Lilanda Bullets