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Russel hope dented

Sports Reporter
Sheikh Russel's title hopes suffered yet another blow when the second-placed side drew 2-2 with Brothers Union in a tense Citycell B. League match at the Bangabandhu National
Stadium yesterday.
Russel bounced back after conceding an early lead when Samir Omari cancelled Shakil Ahmed's opening goal while Alfaz Ahmed's 14th league goal gave them a 2-1 advantage at the break
Wajed Gazi's men, however, failed to keep the tempo after the break and Zahid Hossain nodded in a deserved equaliser for the Oranges in the 66th minute.
After 16 matches, Russel climbed to 35 points -- three points behind leaders Abahani who have a match in hand. Brothers on the other hand, remained fourth with 28 points
after 16 outings.
Brothers, who rested last week, got off to a bright start when Kenyan player Nicodemus cut the ball back from the right flank to catch Russel goalkeeper Azam and defenders Hassan and Zahirul napping. The ball rolled to the left side for Shakil to tap home just ten minutes after start.
Moroccan striker Omari and Alfaz paired to lead Russel's raids and they got the result in the 28th minute in shape of a penalty when Omari was felled by rival centre-back Ariful inside the area.
Omari's weak shot from the spot was parried by Zia but the Moroccan kept his cool, slotting in the rebound, though under pressure from the charging Brothers defenders, for his fifth goal in as many appearances.
Alfaz, now the top scorer of the league, came close in the 36th minute when he went past Shakil down the right but Ariful's inspired tackling inside the box dispossessed the 1 ft
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national forward, who scored three minutes later.
This time, Alfaz chased a long through by Omari and side-footed the ball past an outrushing Zia for a clinical finish just inside from the penalty box.
Monwar should have made it 3-1 two minutes into the second half but the Russel midfielder blasted his chance over the bar from six yards after Alfaz had picked him up unmarked with a superb back pass.
Omari then got the better of Oranges captain Shuvra but failed to keep his effort on target four minutes later as Brothers began to take over.
Shakil fluffed a chance in the 53rd minute when the midfielder failed to keep his volley under the bar from 20 yards while Ghanaian striker Henry Quaye's powerful drive from similar range was palmed away by Azam for a corner in the 65th minute.
Russel defended doggedly but Brothers w'on another corner a minute later to get back in the game. This time, Zahid rose above the Russel backline to meet Liton's rightside corner and put a dropheader into the near post for his fifth goal in the competition.
Wasim Iqbal's men kept the pressure and Zahid almost snatched a winner four minutes from time but his dropvolley was gripped by an alert Azam.
Yellow cards: Reda, Omari (Russel) and Ariful (Brothers) TEAMS
RUSSEL: Azam, Aminul, Sohel, Zahirul, Hassan, Mobarak (Morshed), Moujahid, Reda, Monwar (Rajan), Omari and Alfaz.
BROTHERS: Zia, Akramuzzman Liton, Shuvra, Ariful, Mishu, Zahid. Aurup (Rikto), Liton. Shakil. Henry and Nicodemus.
Referee: Abdul Hannan.