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Brothers shock Abahani
Title aspirants Brothers Union yesterday handed a rude shock to the reigning NHL Senior Division football league
the first semifinal scheduled for tomorrow at 5 pm at the Mirpur Stadium. It also means that one of the two giants of Dhaka soccer will not make it to the final this year.
On the other hand. Brothers Union, by virtue of finishing lop of Group U'. will face Ire Group A' runners-up Eakirerpoo) Youngmen s Club tn the Second semifinal
champions Abahani Krira Chakra to notch a well de served 2 I victory in the Group B championship decid Ing match of the round robin league of the eleventh Federation Cup football tournament at the floodlit Dhaka Stadium
The Ooptbagh boys ted 1 -0 at the breather through their ace medio Waseem Iqbal's 37th minute goal.
Abahanl's shock defeat means the last year's runners up will face the defending and Group A champions Mohammedan Sporting Club in
PIJUSH... quick thinking scheduled for Tuesday (October 15) also at 5 pm at the Mirpur Stadium. And unless there in another upset. Brothers should be assured of a place in Friday's final.
Coming into the match needing a victory tn order to finish top of group and thereby avoiding a clash with the de-fending champions Mohammedans in the semifinals, Brothers Union played
with determination and according to a well-planned strategy which left the overconfident Abahani side In complete disarray.
Star-studded Abahanl's weaknesses were fully exposed and exploited by the cool footballers from Gopibagh. Their midfielders Waseem loba), Manik and Uttam — the fleet footed youngster from Tangafl — reduced Abahanl's highly overrated defence into a shambles and indeed It was a pity to watch the most expensive player of the South Asian region Abul Monem Munna and his colleague Re han tailing time and again to thwart the repeated Brothers onslaughts
Two other Abahani defenders. leftback Alamgir and rlghlback Masud Rana, ap peared overenthusiastic. leaving yawning gaps In the defence whenever they overlapped lo help their forwards
The Brothers defence manned by Iqbal. Rouf Babu, Pljush and Parvex. performed ably and hardly allowed any space to the famed Abahani strikers — Aslam, Rumi and Ghaus — who had such a heyday against the poor Bangladesh Army Thursday
Uttam, Manik and Rupu controlted the midfield, reducing llje Abahani medlos Mamun Joardar and Zakir Into playing second fiddle
Abahani came Into the match on a very confident note by employing most of their men up front in order to neutralise their opponents' 5-3-2 combination.
Brothers, on the other hand, banked mostly on sporadic breakaway moves which tn the end proved most effective in the end. Both teams took lime lo settle down. Most of the IniUal attacks by either side fizzled out well before the rival goalmouths.
The Abahani defence, trying too many offside traps, almost paid a heavy price tn the 2Oth minute when Brothers Union's Ahmed Ali and Waseem — who left Abahani this season — smartly evaded the trap to race down, leaving Munna and Rehan helpless, goalkeeper Mohsin came out of the box. fouled Ahmed and thereby fouled the move.
Mohsin must consider himself lucky to have received only a yellow card from the referee for his act.
Five minutes later, Brothers were again unlucky not Lo have gone ahead when Waseem shot wide with Mohsin out of his position. Manik had brilliantly dodged past Munna, only to be foiled by an onrushing Abahani goalie and. on the rebound. Waseem drove wide.
In an identical move in the 37th minute, Mohsin succeeded in partially blocking another dangerous. Manik move, only to see Waseem slotting the ball into an empty net (1-0).
Abahani equalised in the third minute of the second half. Rouf Babu handled the ball inside the danger zone and Abahanl's young left-back Masud Rana smartly converted the penalty (1-1).
Immediately afterwards, Rumi's quickly-taken shot was well saved by Brothers goalkeeper Ponir.
Mohsin who yesterday looked quite vulnerable, paid heavily when he unnecessarily rushed out of his post to punch an Ahmed Ali cross at the top of the box. The ball landed near the. Brothers rlghtback Pljush who displayed a fine presence of mind to instantly take a powerful 40 yarder shot at the Abahani goal before Mohsin had time to get back, giving Brothers the winner in the 69th minute of play.
Abahani again pressed hard for the equaliser — which would have left them top of the group on goal difference after their flattering 7-0 win over Army last Thursday — blit all their efforts came to no effect.
Parvez and Ata of Brothers Union and Masud Rana and Mohsin of Abahani were shown the yellow cards.