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Sk Russel edge Ctg Abahani

Sports Reporter
Last season's treble-winners Sheikh Russel KC came from behind against promoted club Chittagong Abahani to register a 2-1 win, their second successive in the 7th Bangladesh Premier League, at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
The defending champions, who had brushed off Uttar Baridhara 4-0 in their opening fixture, were under the cosh from an enterprising Chittagong Abahani side, yet came out with all three points, thanks to strikes from two of their foreign recruits.
Coming off the back of a comfortable win against Baridhara, coach of the defending champions Maruful Haque made three changes to his starting eleven, bringing in Moroccan striker Younes Roux and French midfielder Maxime Roger in midfield and veteran defender Rajani Kanta Barman at the centre of defence. Anwar Hossain, Mithun Chowdhury and Jamaican Ricardo Cousins partnered Roux in a
four-pronged attack as Maruf stuck to his unusual formation of 3-1-3-3 formation for the second game running.
But while it looked all simple in their previous match, the treblewinners found it hard to find a foothold against a side who showed tremendous improvement from their 3-1 defeat at the hands of Sheikh Jamal last week. And it was the port city side who took the lead in the 13th minute when Nigerian forward Napoleon Gabriel beat Sheikh Russel goalkeeper Biplob Bhattacharjee with a powerful drive from the edge of the box after collecting a through-ball from midfielder Masuk Mia.
The lead, though, lasted only three minutes as Maxime, playing his first match of the league, curved a leftfooted free-kick past the wall for the right hand side of the net, after Roux was brought down at the edge of the box by Abahani captain Nazrul Islam.
The teams went into the breather locked at 1-1, but it was Abahani again who threatened to take the lead when Atikur Rahman's fierce shot from top of the box produced a diving save from Biplob. Sheikh Russel
were unlucky as Cousin's header hit the woodwork on the 57th minute while Atikur's chip at the other end missed the target by a whisker.
Sheikh Russel took the lead, against the run of play, in the 65th minute when Roux expertly slotted the ball home with an angular shot from inside the box after receiving a cross from Cousins.
Atiqur's left-footed shot in the 75th minute hit the woodwork as Abahani were denied a late equaliser. But Roux had found two late chances in the last seven minutes to kill the game off, but both narrowly missed the target, although it mattered little in the end.
Maruful felt it was hard three points for his side, who took time to get into the match with the inclusion of a few new players.
"It feels good to have secured three points in a close match like this. We do not have the quality of last season and our bench is weak too. On the other hand, the opposition played well and put us under pressure right from the beginning," said the coach, adding that playing with the 3-3-1-3 was more of a case of necessity as they lack the depth in the wingback positions.