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Oranges drown in Sky Blues

Abahani-3, Brothers Union-0

SPORTS REPORTER
An inspired second half
display saw Abahani crush defending champions Brothers Union 3-0 in a crucial Premier Football League encounter at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
Tipu, Ujjal and substitute Zahid scored one goal apiece as Abahani recorded their first victory against the Gopibagh outfit this season after losing all three previous meetings.
The three points might not help Abahani in the championship race but the result stopped Brothers from going clear of Mohammedan. Both teams are now level on 35 points after 15 rounds. Abahani's collection is 29 points from the same number of games.
With the cloud of match-fixing allegations hanging over them, Brothers were just a shadow of the side that had dominated earlier matches. Abahani, on the other hand, were enjoying the impressive backing of some 10,000 fans including those of bitter rivals Mohammedan. Both bands of supporters it appeared, have taken the stance of their respective clubs against Brothers Union to heart and a Brothers debacle was also the most sought after result from Mohammedan's point of view in terms of championship hopes.
The Sky Blues could have gone ahead in the fifth minute but Farhad's acrobatic effort near the
goalmouth failed to find the target.
Although Abahani enjoyed superior ball possession much like the first-leg match which they had lost 2-1, it took them another half an hour to force a save from rival goalkeeper Tarek who kept out Ujjal's curling freekick from the line.
Just before the short whistle, Farhad brilliantly set an unmarked Tipu clear but the former national striker side volleyed over the bar from inside from the box.
Inclusion of Liton in the midfield after the break was expected to give Brothers some brief enterprise but the playmaker lost his way after picking up a yellow card just one minute after coming on and was lucky to be on the pitch even after pushing referee Mansoor Azad later.
Brothers' Abul got a half chance from a rare defensive error but the hard working midfielder fired a leftfooter over the bar in the 55th minute. That was as good as it got for Brothers whose ageing trio in central defence was no match for a relentless Abahani.
Cameroonian medio Ndem used his strength to evade two defenders and his square-pass was controlled by Tipu who shrugged off his marker Siraji before slamming a spectacular right footer into the far corner from 20 yards in the 62nd minute.
In the 73rd minute Ujjal doubled the lead from a quick counter attack. Tipu released the ball after Ndem's run down the left and Ujjal raced past two centre-backs and took a shot that sent Tarek the wrong way following a deflection.
Zahid then sealed the victory ten minutes from time after a 40-yard dash down the middle. The diminutive midfielder, who exchanged one pass with Ibrahim to slice through the rival defence, tapped the ball into an empty net after going round the goalkeeper.
Abahani looked set to take revenge for their 4-0 loss to the Oranges -their worst ever defeat to Brothers -in the season's curtain raising Independence Day Gold Cup football tournament. However, Ibrahim pounced on a right-side centre by Tipu over the bar from handshaking distance while Parvez shot the ball just wide of the open net in the dying minutes.
Yellow cards: Shipon (Abahani) and Liton (Brothers)
TEAMS
ABAHANI: Nizam, Obaidur,
Marshall, Shipon, Wali, Ibrahim (Tushar), Joy, Ndem, Ujjal (Parvez), Farhd (Zahid) and Tipu.
BROTHERS UNION: Tarek, Sujan, Jewel, Masud Rana, Siraji, Pranotosh, Abul (Monwar), Puma (Tapu), Parvez Babu, Emily and Victor (Liton).
Referee: Mansoor Azad.