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Champions take it all

Sports Reporter
With the league championship already under their belts and with their unbea ten record facing its last lest, new Star Premier football kings Abahani Limited walked into the Dhaka Stadium yesterday with pronounced intention of securing at least a point against their traditional foes Mohammedan Sporting Club. Once again their mission was successful.
Under the floodlights in front of a capacity crowd, the two superpowers of the domestic football circuit shared two goals and two points to draw curtains on this season's Star Premier Division lootball league.
The outcome of yesterday's clash of the local Titans came as a blessing for star-studded Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra as the Federation Cup champions finished among the top two. first time for any squad besides arch-rivals since 1985 when Brothers Union, sandwiched between Mohammedans and Abahani. finished runners up.
Although the 38th league matcfi-up of the giants was just a little more than mere formality for Abahani. for Mohammedans It offered a twin peak to scale — to break the jinx against the new champions, who have not lost to the black and whites since 1987. and to ensure the face-saving runners-up position ahead of emerging force Muktis. Nevertheless, the task proved quite heavy for the handicapped Mohammedan's, who are without their main schemer and skipper Ruumon Bin Wali Shabbir,. sidelined after receiving a serious leg Injury during a first leg match against PWD. Moreover, the suspension of two of their three Russian recruits didn't help the Mohammedan causes. Both Kazakov, the highest individual goal-getter in this year's league with eleven, and Inataev. who have achieved the dubious distinction of being the only booter to have three red cards shown against, are serving suspension for two matches according to the tournament by-laws.
However, last year's winners began the match with a very positive approach and gave little heed io their handicaps, producing a superior blend of soccer with well-orchestrated moves down the middle. But surprisingly Mohammedans conceded the first goal of-the match when veteran Sheikh Mohammed Aslam scored against his last year's club in the 16th minute of the proceedings. mainly due to a terrible blunder on the part of Rehan and of course, a momentary lapse of reason by custodian Lahul.
The setback befell Mohammedans when central defender Rehan appeared rather tentative while clearing an innocuous floater from the -left flank by Iraqi striker Nazar Ali with none but Aslam inside the box. Rehans' feeble clearance came by a lurking Aslam's way and with -Lahul well out of his position, the veteran striker came up with a somewhat shaky placing shot which kissed the far post en route to the net. much to Aslam's relief.
। Desperately in search of an equaliser. Mqhammedans pressed on but their effort was more than overdone, leading to physical (ooiball for the rest of the first session with four
booters from each side cautioned by the men in black. Swaminathan of Malaysia
After the breather. Mohammedans came out with a better game plan and were rewarded in the fourth minute when Kaiser Hamid, the former national captain, let loose a spectacular .curler over the Abahani wall straight into the net from a free-kick, which came as result of Sohel Reza's scything tackle of Vitali.
Seventeen minutes from time, the black and whites opened up the Abahani defence but Shakeel only managed to shoot wide off the mark after Munna had fed him with a neat minus.
Earlier, mayor of the Dhaka City Corporation Mohammed Hanif .was introduced to the players before the kick-off.‘followed by an emotive ceremony which saw Abahani's long-serving defender Abu Yusuf
formally bidding farewell to football.
ADIEU WANDERERS
In another highlight of the day, Dhaka Wanderers, once a side to be reckoned with, winners of the league title five times In pre-Liberation War era. were demoted to the Second Division for the first time since the. inception of the Dhaka football league when Farashganj Sporting Club and Eskaton -Sabuj Sangha played out a goalless draw at the Mlrpur Stadium.
In the lone Star First Division football league encounter of the day.
Wanderers, who had their fingers crossed for a Eskaton defeat, found the lady luck deserting them at the crunch time and could only blame themselves for a too many draw-oriented league campaign, which earned them 16 points, ope short of Eskaton