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Cox's City Stun MSC

Muktis fall to BJMC

Sports Reporter
Both giants Muktijoddha Sangsad and Mohammedan SC faltered in their second match of the Grameenphone Federation Cup finals as they suffered defeats against minnows at two separate venues yesterday.
Newcomers Team BJMC handed a 3-2 defeat to star-studded Muktijoddha Sangsad at the Bangabandhu National Stadium while Cox's City FC defeated Mohammedan 1-0 at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur.
It was a terrible day for the big clubs as Muktijoddha Sangsad came from two goals down to level the margin but still did not manage to avert defeat against Team BJMC. In the other game, Mohammedan could not
pull back a 42-minute deficit against Cox’s City FC, who came into their second game on the back of a humiliating 10-0 defeat at the hands of Muktijoddha.
Now, Team BJMC are in pole position with 4 points from two games followed by Muktijoddha and Cox's City FC who have three points each while Mohammedan have only one point from two matches.
To qualify for the last eight, Team BJMC and Muktijoddha Sangsad just need a draw in their last matches against Cox's City FC and Mohammedan but the Black and Whites have no alternative but to win their last game.
After having played out a goalless draw against Mohammedan in the first match, Team BJMC, who are comprised of some experienced hooters as well as four foreign recruits, dominated the show from the outset and it was a shadow of the real performance by Muktijoddha though they got back the services of striking duo Mithun Chowdhury and Zahid Hasan Emily, who were just exempted from a BFF imposed ban on Thursday.
Team BJMC took a deserved lead in the 10th minute with former national midfielder Abul Hossain finding the far net from a 25-yard free kick while Nigerian Ajagun Abdul Rasheed being set up by veteran Alfaz Ahmed danced past goalkeeper Mamun Khan to place home.
Although they were rattled, Muktijoddha bit back soon and pulled one goal back on 22 minutes through Nigerian Chibuik Divine's glancing header off a Rezaul Karim free kick from the right.
Striker Mithun then levelled the margin after the break with an acrobatic effort that deflected in off BJMC defender Baybek Fombagni in the 63rd minute.
But with seven minutes left of the game, Cameroonian striker Jean Jules stunned Muktijoddha when his surprise effort from outside the danger zone found the back of the net giving BJMC much to cheer about.
“It was not a fluke victory rather we played better than Muktijoddha and deserved the victory,” said BJMC coach Zakaria Babu adding that the margin could have been widened had his strikers not squandered sitters.
“After winning the first game by 10-0, may be the hooters were over-confident to win
the game and that cost us a huge price," explained Muktijoddha coach Shafiqul Islam Manik adding that shifting their camp to Dhanmondi from Uttara was also one of reasons behind their loss.
At the BSSMKS, Mohammedan failed to justify their giants tag against the second-tier professional football league side Cox's City FC who scored the only goal of the game when Saifuddin headed in a Sirajul Karim cross in the 42nd minute.
Conceding the goal made Mohammedan supporters furious and they blocked the way of the Mohammedan players on their way to the dressing room during the interval. Mohammedan supporters even hurled abusive language towards the Mohammedan officials who were present. But there was no real untoward incident in the end as the game ended in the scheduled time.
Mohammedan played better in the second half but they could not restore parity despite yielding a few scoring chances with substitute striker Wahed Ahmed at least missing the target twice.
“It was a disappointing result for everyone and losing to Cox's City was bad luck and the forwards could not convert the opportunities they created in the second half," said MSC coach Emeka Ezuego.
“After suffering a huge defeat to Muktijoddha, we all were determined to prove ourselves that we are not a team that can suffer 10 goals and we proved that after winning against a team like Mohammedan," said Cox's City captain Masud Alam.