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Hard-fought Reds win

Muktijoddha-3, Farashganj-2

SPORTS REPORTER
Muktijoddha Sangsad put behind the 4-0 blues by Sheikh
Russel in the previous game when they returned to winning ways with a 3-2 win against Farashganj Sporting Club in the Premier Football League at the Bangaban-dhu National Stadium on Saturday.
But the charges of George Kottan had to fight tooth and nail against the stubborn old city outfit, who held Abahani to a goalless draw in their last game.
The Reds went into the lemon
break with scores levelled at one-all but returned with vengeance to confirm a hard-fought victory with goals from Rokonuzzaman Kanchan and Saiful Islam Moni in a space of six minutes midway through the second session.
The Independence Day Cup winners took the lead as early as in the third minute with midfielder Bidyut finding the net from the top of the box. But Farashganj levelled the margin just before the break through their Nigerian striker Adafa.
Felix pulled another goal back for Farashganj after Muktijoddha had taken a 3-1 lead. But by the time Felix tapped the ball into an empty net in the 89th minute a defeat was already written on the wall.
Muktijoddha started in a blistering pace and it did not take them long to take the lead. Firoz Mahmud Tito lobbed a measured cross from the right that landed to an unmarked Bidyut who made no mistake to fire a first-time right-footer past Farash-ganj custodian Zia.
Zia also had the misfortune of playing with a bandage on his head after he was hit by a Kanchan 'flying kick'. Although it was unintentional the Muktijoddha striker escaped a marching orders with a light punishment of a yellow card by referee
Azad Rahman.
One-goal down Farashganj didn't lose heart and their moment of joy came in the 45th minute when Adafa raced to the danger zone and drilled in a right-footed grounder past a diving national and Muktijo-ddha goalkeeper Aminul.
Muktijoddha came alive after the break with Kottan bringing in Moni and Pappu to bolster the attack. The ploy paid dividends with Kanchan heading home a Paul right-side cross. Paul was again in the thick of things after six minutes. This time Moni headed home his left-side cross.
The victory pushed Mukti-joddha's collection to 25 points from 13 matches but they were still seven points behind leaders Brothers Union, who dethroned Mohammedan from the spot on Friday with an one point advantage, to keep in the third position in the
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On the other hand, Farashganj remained on fifth position securing 18 points from same number of outings.
Yellow cards: Arup (Farashganj), Kanchan (Muktijoddha).
TEAMS
MUKTIJODDHA: Aminul, Hasan Al Mamun, Herry, Rajani, Titto (Rony), Saiful (Pappu), Arman, Biddyut, Kanchan, Paul and Amin Rana (Moni).
FARASHGANJ: Zia (Piru), Khaled, Liton (Rony), Faisal, Syilla, Arup, Kabir, Adafa, Amirul, Walid (Ripon) and Felix.