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Abahani edge past Brothers

Sports Reporter
Four-time champions Abahani survived late scare in their opening match of the Bangladesh
Premier League to eke out a hard-fought 1 -0 win over Brothers Union at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
The Sky Blues took the lead through Ghanaian striker Osei Morison in the 48th minute of the match, before coming under a barrage of attacks from Brothers Union and were only saved by some desperate defending. The win was Abahani's ninth against the Gopibagh outfit in 13 meetings in the professional league.
Brothers Union, coached by Syed Nayeemuddin, looked the better side of the two and dominated possession over Ali Akbar's Abahani and they produced at least four scoring chances, which were however thwarted by some brave defending from Wali Faisal and Atiqur Rahman Meshu.
Abahani played with five midfielders as Morison played the lone striker's role, but the highest scorer of last season hardly got any assistance from his teammates, rather had to capitalise on a defensive fumble to score the decider.
With both sides fighting to control the midfield early in the match, the first chance came in the 14th minute to Brothers' Nigerian striker Kester Akon, who drove it straight to goalkeeper Shahidul Alam Sohel. Akon's compatriot Victory Anthony saw his effort from inside the box float over the crosspiece in the 38th minute.
Abahani mustered their first shot on target in the 45th minutes but Morison's back-heal was too weak to trouble Brothers Union goalkeeper Sabuj Das Raghu.
However, Raghu could not thwart the next effort three minutes into the second half when Morison, taking advantage of a weak clearance from Brothers defender Saddam, unleashed a fierce side-volley to break the deadlock.
Brothers stepped up the attack and created two genuine scoring chances but were denied on both occasions. The first of those was in the 79th minute when Rubel Mia dribbled past two defenders and beat the goalkeeper with a low angular shot towards only to be denied by last-ditch save by Wali. The next attempt from substitute Abdul Malek was cleared off the line by Meshu.
"I am happy with the performance as it was my first match, but we need more communication among the players," said Abahani coach Ali Akbar, who however praised Brothers Union for their pressing football.
"We failed to hold possession in the opponent's area despite playing five midfielders and I have to work on it and I believe the team will play better as the league progresses," said Akbar.
Terming the defeat as bad luck, Nayeemuddin said, "We went there to fight and won the fight, but were unlucky not to have come out with at least a point. Instead of being quick, the boys looked to be in a hurry and that was the reason