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Abahani face early heat

Sports Reporter
Abahani has been placed in a slightly tough group when a draw for the final round of the Citycell Federation Cup was held at a local hotel yesterday.
The giants from Dhaka were included in group B along with two B. League teams Chittagong's Mohammedan and Abahani, while Jatrabari Krira Chakra is the other team.
Their traditional rivals Mohammedan were pitted in group D along with Arambagh Krira Sangha, Rahmatganj and Sunrise Sporting Club while the other Dhaka giants Brothers Union and Sheikh Russel were in group C with Victoria Sporting Club and BKSP.
Muktijoddha are in group A with I arashganj Sporting Club, Khulna \bahani and Dhaka Wanderers.
The final round of the season's curtain-raiser tournament will kick off on August 6 with Abahani taking on Jatrabari Krira Chakra in the opening game at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 5pm. After the inaugural game there will be two matches everyday in the fixture.
A draw for the eleven B. League teams who got direct entries and five qualifiers, was held at a local hotel where top four teams of the inaugural B. League -- Abahani, Mohammedan, Muktijoddha and Russel -- were chosen to head the groups.
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) didn't consider the last Federation Cup outcomes as it was held almost three years back where Brothers Union became champions and Muktijoddha were runners-up.
Top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinals.
Famed television star Sadia Islam Mou and her celebrated actor husband Jahid Hasan were the main attractions in the ceremonial draw and they picked the tokens of the first two clubs,
Muktijoddha and Abahani, to lead group A and B respectively.
Captain of Swadhin Bangla football team Zakaria Pintoo and star booter cum hockey player Pratap Sankar Hazra picked up the tokens for Sheikh Russel and Mohammedan to lead group C and D respectively.
Long serving national custodian Shahidur Rahman Shantu, Sultan Ahmed, Shahiduddin Ahmed Selim, Mosabbir Hossain, Kazi Jashimuddin Joshi, Elias Hossain, Mohammad Kaikobad, Bashir Ahmed, Kaiser Hamid, Abu Yousuf. Shafiqul Islam Manik and Ajmat Ali also drew the tokens of participating clubs.
"We have started to fulfill Our commitment which we made before election that we want to take the game to the field,” said BFF senior vice-president Salam Murshedi during the brief draw ceremony.
"We know that expectations are high on this committee led by Kazi Salahuddin and we are very focused on pur job," added the former international.