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The resumption of the Star First Division football league al the Mirpur Stadium vr«lrffl;iv dhi r un
unfortunate interregnum owing to last week's country-wide transport strike saw tttlc-aspirants Mohammedan Sporting Chib struggle hard to eke out a solitary goal win over lowly Dhanmondi Chib.
The first half, which re I mained barren, had the two teams enjoying a fair share of the exchanges with Mohammedans looking rather stale . and unimaginative despite । tlieir marginal advantage.
Dhanmondi succeeded In holding their formidable opponents at bay for aiKitlwr 23 minutes of the second Italf before Mizan finally helped his teammate and Mohammedans supporters heave a sigh of relief with a well-placed goal past custodian Tayeb
In hindsight, the ease with which Mohammedans eventually scored the decider be trayed a strong suspicion among the more observant Ktators that some behind scenes manipulation- might have succeeded In persuading the otherwise determined Dhanmondi players to forego there stubbornness and act like good boys, sparing the more fancied of the two sides any embarrassment.
The sudden deterioration In the quality of Dhanmandf's play especially just before the goal suggested some sinister forces were at play
Sakiuzzaman Shamlm. Mohammedans' right-buck, rect ived a ball Inside Ihclr territory and passed II to Mahbub Hossain Roxy who
went past two Dhanmondi players and laid it on for Mizan inside the Dhanmondi box: Mizan. with a nice right-fooler pushed the ball Into the empty net (1-0).
The Dhanmondi players Just stood and watched Itke the sizeable crowd, showing no In lerest In marking the black-and-whites. which they had done exceptionally well in the first session. Even after conceding the goal, surprisingly enough. Dhanmondi showed no urge for the equaliser, which made the crowd doubly suspicious about some, foul contrivance.
Of course. Mohammedans largely dominated the proceedings and at least on two occasions were denied the lead, but the way the all-Important goal came about. It smacked of something fishy
From the outset, the title-aspirants appeared as ordinary as l he underdogs from Dhanmondi who did not look like a side with any definite mission.
Imtiaz Sultan Johnny, the veteran Mohammedan mlrf fielder, along with Tarlqul Islam Pappu cut a very sorry figure. Even tlie one and Indc spcnsiblc Syed Rumman bin-Wall Shabblr. eould not per form upto expectations The defence comprising Kanan, the custodian. Kaiser Hamid. Jewel Runa and Shamlm. re mained more or less untested. Even so there was one lapse which, if exploited, could liavc proved very costly Indeed for them.
Dhanmondi, donning golden Jerslcs. looked a spirited side In the first session. They were guarding ihclr citadel exceptionally well which.
as one believes, tn often the sole aim of underdogs tn clashes with their mightier opponent*. Goalie Tayeb. deepdefender Ata and skipper Saifu s performances were Indeed praiseworthy.
In the 23rd minute. Roxy , denied his side the lead by shooting over the post from inside the Dhanmondi box following a header by Kaiser Hamid upon a Shabblr corner.
Lady luck once again betrayed Mohammedans five minutes from time when Ala with a brilliant effort saved a Riaz shot Just on the goal-fine.
In the 62nd minute. Shabblr. Mohammedans' winged pegasus. dodged past two defenders and moved into the opponents box and. making enough room, took a spec tacular shot that hit the side-
Four minutes later Tayeb. diving to his left, gripped a good Naklb header In style
The much-anticipated goal finally came two minutes later.
The win took Mohammedans points-tally to ten while Dhanmondi have Just two from six outings each.