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Brothers stymie Russel with subs

SPORTS REPORTER
Brothers Union crossed a major hurdle in their bid to
retain the Premier Division football league title and more importantly, regained solo lead when they blanked Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra 2-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
Substitutes Liton and Tapu capitalised on two second-half freekicks as Brothers overcame some relentless first half assault from last year's runners-up team on a muddy pitch. It was their tenth win in 13 games.
The men in orange, who had conceded the lead to Mohammedan after the fifth round, are now one point ahead of the Black and Whites with 32. Russel are in sixth with 18 points.
Brothers were rewarded for their calculated gameplan that saw them content on thwarting the youthful Russel forward line for the 60 minutes. The also took the leaf out of Russel's recent history that has seen them tire after that period. In the end, the failure to find the back of the net proved fatal for Russel as Brothers made them pay dearly.
Things could have been totally different however as Brothers had no answers for the speedy passing game of Abu Yusuf's boys who came to the game on the back of a 40 drubbing of Muktijoddha Sangsad.
Despite missing their top scorer Moroccan Majid Burjuga, who was suspended, striking duo Bulbul and Yusuf put the experienced back trio of Jewel Rana, Masud Rana and Sujan under constant pressure.
The first real chance was muffed when Moroccan midfielder Rachid's superb centre from the left ran harmlessly across the face of goal as both Bulbul and Yusuf failed to nod home in the 14th minute.
Tarek, working overtime at the Brothers goal, lost Rachid's powerful drive from his grip six minutes later and once again Bulbul or Yusuf could not reach the rebound.
Hanif, who was unstoppable at the right wing, sent two more dangerous crosses but Bulbul placed a first-time left-footer wide of the open net from seven yards before Tarek and Jewel kept two more floaters
out for corner.
Tarek then pulled off two spectacular saves against Tanvir from a one-on-one situation to keep Brothers alive.
Liton's arrival on the pitch at the start of the break changed the whole scenario and the Brothers midfielder threatened to score with his first touch on the ball but his curling freekick was saved by a diving custodian Biplab.
Bulbul then wasted another chance. After dodging past Jewel and Sujan, he was left with only the goalkeeper to beat but lost control in the box just before taking the shot.
Russel, who gave up a 2-0 lead in the last ten minutes to share points with Brothers in the first-leg, soon ran out of steam. Liton won a freekick at the left flank and converted it spectacularly in the 52nd minute by curing the ball over the head of Biplab and into the far corner from an acute angle for his seventh league goal.
It was all over in the 77th minute
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when Tapu, who came in for out-ofform Russian striker Victor Edwards, placed a low drive into the far post after Moroccan Hicham Inani's freekick had come off the wall.
Yellow cards: Tarek, Abul (Brothers) and Rachid (Russel)
TEAMS
BROTHERS: Tarek, Sujan, Jewel, Masud Rana, Siraji, Pranotosh, Abul (Monwar), Hicham, Liton Khan (Liton), Victor (Tapu) and Emily.
RUSSEL KC: Biplab, Aminul (Sharif), Pradeep, Jahirul, Yusuf Khan, Hanif (Nayan), Rachid, Egir, Tanvir, Bulbul and Yusuf.
Referee: Mansoor Azad.