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Gaints clash today

Sports Reporter
Trad It tonal rival* Abahani KHra Ch akra and Mo ha mmedan Sport Ing Club will feature the flrat clash of the soccer giants this year when they face each other in the final match of the Independence Day football championship this afternoon at the Dhaka Stadium
The match will kick-off at 3 pm
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will grace the occasion as chief guest
Defending champions Aba han I KC are yet to hit top form They scrambled into the semifinals when they edged past BRTC 10 following the goal keeper’s silly lapse.
Earlier, in their quarter-fi na) match against Faktrerpool they barely scraped home after winning 3-2 In a hard fought encounter
The reigning champions Abahanl bank heavily on goal keeper Mohsin, whose brilliant keeping helped the team reach the finals. Mohsin, on his day. is a tough customer for he rival side
Abahanl defence is heavily leaned on the star defender Munna (Srj
He will have to ensure his colleagues. Rehan. Aman, and BKSP’s young Masud Rana can rise to the big occasion. Rupu. Yousuf and Alamgir failed to function well in the two previous games. They will have to work hard to dominate the midfield as well as feed the forwards with good balls.
Ace striker Aslam was a pale shadow of his past In Abahani's last match. But he has a brilliant scored against Mohammedans. Rumi, who Is recovering from a fever will be Abahani's man to watch. His one or two superb runs can change the fate of the match.
Dhaka Mohammedans, on the other band, came Into final in a commanding manner. They drubbed national champions Bangladesh Army 5-0 in the semifinal match.
Of course, they also had a tough time tn heir quarter final tie against Muktijoddha Sangshad. They beat Muktijoddha tn the tie-breaker 4- i when Sayeed Hasan Kanan stopped three penalty shots taken by the Muktijoddha player*
Mohammedans display against Army was top-class. The defence.midfield and for wards functioned fike a well oiled machine. The flair and speed were the dominant factors tn their game. If they can continue their current form, then Abahanl will have a tough time stopping Mohammedans from running away with the trophy
Mohammedans defence will be led by the vigilant Kaiser Hamid Abul. Salauddin and Johnny are their to support him. Tltu. Shabbtr and Roxy will marshall the midfield The forward trio Mamun. Naklb and Zakir are tn a brilliant form to follow through.
This will be the 44 th clash between Abahanl and Moha mniedan. 17 matches have been won by Mohammedan and 13 by Abahanl with 13 Ex-ounters tn ending tn draws.
>. Mohammedans hold a psychological advantage over Abahanl in this respect
But In the past It was seen that Abahanl whenever playing as an underdog performed well.
BFF have already announced the rate of the tickets with galleries being at Taka 20 each. The tickets will be sold from 11.30 and the gate of the ■ tad turn will be opened at 12 noon.
Bangladesh Television will give live coverage of the match.
The football federation has also chalked out a programme to honour the Swadhln Bangla Football team on the occasion.
The team will walk round the stadium before the kick-off and later be presented with a BFF crest by the chief guest
Meanwhile, in a joint statement issued yesterday, the managers of Mohammedan SC and Abahanl KC urged for maintaining peace and discipline at the stadium during the match
Probable teams : MSC : Kanan. Abul. Kaiser. Salauddin. Johnny. Tltu, Shabbir. Roxy. Mamun. Naquib. Zakir.
ABAHANI : Mohsin. Aman. Munna. (Jr). Rehan. Masud Rana. Yousuf. Rupu. Alamgir. k uni. Aslam. Munna (Sr).