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Zahids rout Rahmatganj

Sports Reporter
National striker Zahid Hasan Emily scored a hattrick as ten-time champions Mohammedan SC thrashed minnows Rahmatganj MFS 5-2 in a high-scoring encounter of the Walton Federation Cup
at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday to confirm their quarterfinal berth.
Emily scored in the 34th, 55th and 87th minutes while his national teammate Zahid Hossain netted one and set up two more goals in the convincing win for the Black and Whites. Wahed Ahmed grabbed the fifth for Mohammedan while Nurul Absar bagged a late brace for Rahmatganj.
The win took Mohammedan to the quarterfinals along with archrivals Abahani, who had beaten Rahmatganj 3-0 in their first match of the competition. The two sides will meet on Monday to decide the Group 4 winners. For the second-tier side Rahmatganj, devoid of any foreign player, it was the end of the journey.
The match was basically a show of the two Zahids as they complemented each other with their skill and technique to terrorise the vulnerable Rahmatganj defence.
Winger Zahid, who courted a lot of controversy recently regarding indiscipline and transfer payments, started the goal-fest in the 23rd minute with a free kick which took a wicked deflection off the wall before finding the back of the net.
Emily doubled the lead seven minutes later with another fortuitous goal as his shot, meant for a cross in the middle, slipping under the legs of the Rahmatganj keeper.
Emily made it 3-0 ten minutes after the break, converting a spot-kick which resulted after Zahid was brought down inside the box by the hapless Rahmatganj keeper.
Rahmatganj forward Nurul Absar reduced the deficit by scoring in the 78th minute before Emily clinched his hattrick in the 87th minute by heading in an inch-perfect cross from Zahid. More goals came in the last frantic exchanges as Wahed got his name on the scoresheet for Mohammedan on the stroke of ninety minutes before Nurul scored his second in the stoppages.
Emily was ecstatic after notching his third hattrick for his old club, where he had an earlier stint during the 2009-2010 season.
"Zahid (Hossain) was brilliant as we expect from him. I have not seen him to give this sort of effort too many times. But everyone knows, what talent he is," said Emily, paying tribute to his controversial strike partner.
Meanwhile, Mohammedan an Abahani were not the only teams to have confirmed their quarterfinal berths on the day, as Feni Soccer had earlier booked theirs by beating Uttar Baridhara 3-2 in a lively encounter of Group 1. Ali Hasan scored twice in the second half to give Feni their first win. Beninese forward Wassiou Oladikpikpo grabbed the other goal for Feni while Faiz Alam and Abul Kalam scored for the newly-promoted side in a lost cause.
Feni will now play Sheikh Jamal in the last match of the group on Monday to decide the group champions.