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Sheikh Jamal’s smooth start

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The new powerhouse of local football, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, star-
ted their journey in comfortable if not dazzling fashion with a 3-0 win over Senior Division champions Youngmen's Club of Fakirerpool in their first round match of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday.
A brace from national striker Zahid Hassan Emily in the first half and a goal from his strike partner Enamul Haque after the break ensured the star cast from Dhanmondi ran out easy winners. In the other match of the day, Arambagh Krira Chakra beat BKSP 3-0 in the penalty shootout after regulation time ended goalless. The young boys from BKSP must have been dreaming of an upset.
but all their efforts in ninety minutes was undone by feeble spotkicks that did not trouble the Arambagh keeper Mostafizur Rahman Munna. Munna saved all three kicks while the Arambagh shooters converted three out of four from the spot to give the Motijheel outfit a hard-earned victory.
In today's matches, Rahmat-ganj MFS will take on Chittagong Abahani while Brothers union will play against Chittagong Mohammedan.
The contrast in the second match could not have been any more visible from the outset. Sheikh Jamal had amassed a host of glittering national stars attired in yellow and blue jerseys with numerous sponsor logos plastered on them, while the team playing against them, Fakirerpool looked glamourless with hardly any renowned star in their ranks.
And that difference was reflected as the teams took to the field. Just in the second minute of the match, former Mohammedan midfielder Zahid Hossain was brought
down inside the box. His namesake Zahid Hassan Emily stepped up to calmly convert the spotkick and announce the advent of a new powerhouse in football.
Zahid Hossain was the star of the show as he was involved in most of the chances that Sheikh Jamal created throughout the match. His darting runs from the right wing with occasional dribbles proved too much for the Fakirerpool defenders to handle. The second goal came in the 16th minute when Emily found himself totally unmarked, after a vicious freekick from Mamunul Islam, to flick in from the corner of his head into the net.
To their credit, Fakirerpool defended well and kept Sheikh Jamal from increasing the lead in the first half. But the inevitable third came in the 57th minute when the two Zahids combined to create a goalscoring opportunity for Enamul Haque who obliged by slotting the ball home safely.
With the 3-0 scoreline, the game got more stretched as the
two teams went in search for goals. Fakirerpool had their best chance in the 73rd minute, but Mohammad Ratan's cross was gripped by veteran keeper Aminul Haque before striker Nicodimus could get to it Six minutes later, Fakirerpool keeper Rashed made a valiant save to deny substitute Tawhidul Alam from changing the final scoreline.
Despite the 3-0 win, Sheikh Jamal's Serbian coach Zorail Krajevic was not very satisfied with the performance from his boys.
“I am not totally satisfied, because the boys did not concentrate fully on the game. The quality we expected from them was not there," said Krajevic.
“We could not have good training due to incessant rain for a couple of days. The boys' commitment to the national team camp did not help our cause too.”
Shopon Das, Fakirerpool coach, said a penalty against them was harshly awarded while they were denied a valid penalty, which was the reason for them to lose.