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MSC keep Army from final

Sports Reporter
Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club yesterday pipped Bangladesh Army at the post 1-0 in the
second semifinal of the 1991 Victory Day Shah Sports Cup tournament at the Hockey Stadium to assure thcmsclvc^ a showdown with arch-rival Abahanl Krira Chakra tn the final on Dec 31.
Left-flank Zaycd sounded the board in the 42nd minute from a penalty corner to seal the fate of the match.
The game never picked up the desired pace and panache of a semi-final contest on ground grown heavy from two days of torrential rain.
The Mazhino-mindcd policy adopted by the two sides was also responsible for the lacklustre show and the famished score-board.
However, the black and
whites, unlike their earlier display against Usha Krira Chakra, had the better of the exchanges and, in the final analysis, earned the right to play In tomorrow's final as the deserving winners.
Mohammedan's tenacious hold over the Services side can be well imagined from the five corners and six penalty corners they forced during the hole proceedings.
Former national champions Army pulled up the socks after Zaycd had put Mohammedan ahead in the seventh minute of the second half and forced three corners and as many penalty corners.
However, their scoring prospects, were seriously plagued by poor marksman ship by their forwards.
Thankfully, the match perhaps In keeping with the cold, damp weather, did not produce any undesirable heat on
the field on the stands and the clash between these two sides which sparked olT many ugly scenes on previous occasions ended uneventfully with only Mohammedans defender Nixon receiving a green card.
The final will be played on Tuesday starting at 2.45 pm. "
Abahanl. the other finalists, beat Ajax Sports Club 3-2 in Saturday's first semifinal.
Finance Minister Saifur Rahman will attend the final as chief guest and distribute the prizes among the contestants distribute after the game.
Stale Minister for Youth and Sports Sadeq Hossain Khoka will also be present as a special guest.
Nineteen teams, split into four groups, took part in the knockout tourney organised by the Bangladesh Hockey Federation. The mdet had begun on Dec 16 last