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Arch rivals' exciting stalemate

SPORTS REPORTER
A 46th minute strike by Ghanaian striker Audu Ibrahim helped Abahani salvage one point against archrivals Mohammedan in the Premier Football League on Wednesday.
Although the 1 - 1 result cost
Mohammedan the lead in the table after four rounds, the biggest crowd of the season at the Bangabandhu National Stadium enjoyed every moment of the most riveting local fixture which was shifted to Wednesday after rain prevented any play the day before.
Sierra Leone forward Donald Robert had put the Black and Whites ahead on his Dhaka debut before a 25,000-strong attendance
but they failed to hold onto the first half lead and slipped to second position with ten points.
Defending champions Brothers Union have solo lead with maximum 12 points while Abahani slumped to fourth place with eight after their second successive draw.
The Sky Blues absolutely dominated the first 25 minutes reviving memories of their possession play in the 5-1 drubbing of Mohammedan two months earlier in the Federation Cup. But despite splitting the rival defence almost at will, they failed to break the deadlock.
Farhad and Ibrahim complemented each other with nice passes but the striking pair wasted three sitters in as many minutes. Farhad, who placed a centre by Ibrahim wide from handshaking distance in the 12th minute, saw his scorching
volley from 30 yards sail inches over the crossbar. In between, an unmarked Ibrahim mishit the ball from six yards with only goalkeeper Biplab to beat after Farhad had set him up.
Farhad then pushed a weak shot straight to Biplab from close. Shortly after, Hassan cleared the diminutive forward's low cross from the goalmouth.
After the half-hour burst, the tired Abahani midfield lost the tempo and Mohammedan -- who came into the game on the back of three consecutive wins including a 1-0 defeat of Muktijoddha took the lead against run of play in the 34th minute.
Like in the previous three matches when defensive errors saw them concede goals, Abahani again let one in. Midfielder Zahed mistimed a clearance and Moha-
mmedan medio Rony intercepted the ball and immediately released it to Donald whose powerful low drive from 20 yards took a wicked deflection off Rony giving no chance to custodian Nizam.
Mohammedan, who had suffered a setback when a struggling Matiur Munna had to be substituted after only 23 minutes, did not let that affect them and captain Alfaz in dazzling form, put the inexperienced Abahani defence to test. The veteran striker set Rony free in the 40th minute but Nizam's spectacular save from a one on one situation kept Abahani in the game. Abahani almost conceded a suicidal goal in the next minute but they were relieved to see Alfaz's placing shot going wide after a deflection off rightback Obaidur. There was no respite for the Abahani shotstopper who had to deal with two long range efforts by Donald and Alfaz before Farhad squandered the easiest chance in injury time. Taking a pass from Ibrahim, Farhad fired an angular shot through two defenders but Biplab's made a reflex save.
Abahani, however, brought the score level just 15 seconds after breather. Joy's centre from the right byline caught Biplab in two minds allowing Ibrahim to sneak in and race past the keeper before whacking the ball into an open net for his second league goal.
Both sides played cautiously after that but Mohammedan were the better of the two sides in the remaining time. Donald, who looked lethargic for most of the game, was very quick with the ball and forced
another save by Nizam before chipping the ball onto the crossbar from 25 yards ten minutes from the final whistle.
Abahani's long-ball strategy gave chances to substitutes Wali and Tipu in the stoppage time but both failed to test Biplab.
Yellow cards: Hassan, Rony, Khokon (Mohammedan) and Joy, Ujjal (Abahani)
TEAMS
MOHAMMEDAN: Biplab, Kamal,
Nazrul, Hassan, Rony, Arman Aziz, Asad, Munna (Khokon, 23rd minute), Faisal (Mintu, 78th), Alfaz (Zahid, 74th) and Donald.
ABAHANI: Nizam, Obaidur,
Shawkat, Pradeep, Lajuk, Zahid (Wali, 89th), Joy, Ndem (Parvez, 66th), Ujjal, Farhad (Tipu, 82nd) and Ibrahim.
Referee: Mansoor Azad.