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Stoppage time penalty rescues Mohammedan

Sports Reporter
Federation Cup champions Mohammedan came close to tone with their city rivals Abahani’s stoppage time
penalty salvaged the Dhaka giants with a 1 -1 draw against Chittagong Abahani in yesterday’s Citycell B league match.
After defending champions Abahani’s shocking 2-1 loss to Rahrnatganj in Saturday's opener, Mohammedan were staring at defeat when the visitors went ahead through Mithun Chowdhury's spectacular strike in the 81st minute.
With the clock reaching 90 minutes, the Black and Whites looked all set to join Abahani in the casualty list in the opening round but referee Azad Rahman gave them a lifeline in the first minute of injury time.
The referee was right to award a penalty to last year's runners-up Mohammedan when Chittagong Abahani’s Nepalese defender Lokobondhu pulled down rival striker Robin inside die box.
It was Alamu Bukola, Mohammedan's top scorer in the recently concluded Federation Cup, who stepped in to fire a low shot from the spot past Nepalese goalkeeper Kiran and relieve the tent.
In absence of injured Arman Aziz, coach Maruf Ahmed appointed Nigerian Dami Emmanuelle in the central midfield but the home side hardly translated their overall domination into attacks.
They had to wait midway through the first half to get behind die port city side's backline when Sharifs cross picked up Robin. However, the striker's weak header gave no trouble to Kiran.
Bukola should have done better than firing a first-time volley onto a defensive wall five minutes from halftime when the Nigerian forward met a right-side centre by wingback Nasir. He got another chance after the break but this time, after hard work at the left flank, Bukola was denied by
inspired defending from Nazir inside the box.
The visitors, who were busy defending in the first 45 minutes, came out of their defensive shell in the second half and Nepalese striker Santosh created an exciting chance when he chased a freekick and back-heeled the ball to Mithun.
The exuberant Mithun, however, ran over the ball to lose possession. The young striker finally got the reward for his incessant rushes to put Chittagong Abahani ahead.
It was Santosh again who played a through-ball into the Mohammedan area and rival skipper Jewel Rana took it to be a harmless one, not deciding to chase it. Mithun dashed from the left side and did not delay a moment to play an overhead shot into the far post, giving onrushing custodian Aminul no chance to make a saving effort.
Jewel was immediately dropped but Mohammedan needed the extra-time penalty to snatch a valuable point from last year's second-from bottom side.
"Our target was getting one point from this tough away match," said Chittagong Abahani coach AbuJ Kashem.
"That way we are happy but having taken the lead just nine minutes from time, we should have held on to it," he added.
His Mohammedan counterpart Maruf said his side played well but the players lacked concentration.
"I can't tell why. The whole system is responsible for this result," Maruf told without explaining.
There had been rumours before the match that Mohammedan's three foreign players -- Bukola, Emmanuelle and Egyptian Hajem Khaled did not receive payments in time and to go with it, the trio had also boycotted training a few days before Mohammedan's opening match.
TEAMS
MOHAMMEDAN: Aminul, Hassan Al Mamun, Jewel (Saikat), Rajani, Nasir, Kamal, Sharif (Maruf), Emmanuelle, Robin and Bukola.
CHITTAGONG ABAHANI: Kiran, Monir (Jahangir), Nazir, Mamun, Lokobondhu, Mintu, Ismail (Rashedul), Sakhawat, Santosh and Mithun.