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Brothers stun Sk Russel

Sports Reporter
Defending champions Sheikh Russel KC tasted their first defeat of the league when their injury-ravaged side were beaten 1-0 by Brothers Union in their Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
Winger Rubel Mia, a member of the LI-19 national team, scored the decisive goal in the 73rd minute with a fierce curving shot from outside the box to give the All Oranges their first win after two successive defeats.
Despite the defeat, Sheikh Russel still shared the lead along with Sheikh Jamal DC with six points, but have every possibility of being toppled when Sheik Jamal take on minnows Feni Soccer Club in today's fixture.
Sheikh Russel were forced to drop four players - defender Rajani Kanta Barman, Uruguayan midfielder Francisco Oscar, French midfielder Maxim Roger and winger Imrul Hasan - from their previous match, together with the absence of defender Mamun Mia and winger Shakil Ahmed - who have missed their second successive matches due to injury.
The absence of Maxim and Francisco allowed a spirited Brothers Union establish control in the midfield before coming close to taking a lead in the 19th minute when Ghanaian defender Issah Yousuf, being set by Jewel Rana, stepped up but struck straight to goalkeeper Biplob Bhattacharjee.
Sheikh Russel also went close in the 39th minute when Moroccan forward Youness Roux released Mithun Chowdhury inside the box but the diminutive striker saw his low drive to the far post go wide, with goalkeeper Sabuj Das beaten.
After an equal first half, Sheikh Russel launched several attacks, especially from the right flank but those efforts could barely split the backline of Brothers Union, who however could have conceded a lead
six minutes into the break, thanks to an unbelievable miss from Sheikh Russel striker Mohammad Robin.
Brothers kept Sheikh Russel at bay from before Rubel gave the All Oranges the decisive goal in the 73rd minute.
Brothers initiated the attack from a set-piece as Nigerian Kester Akon brilliantly received the long free-kick on the edge of box to set up Rubel, who curved the ball on the air to find the near post and give Brothers their third victory over Sheikh Russel in 13 professional league matches so far.
"Despite missing six regular players due to injury, we created a few chances but could not capitalise on them," said Sheikh Russel coach Maruful Haque, who however complained of poor refereeing and physical play Brothers Union.
"You can say we were lucky as the first half was equal while our goalkeeper (Roghu) played brilliantly in the second half before Rubel struck a brilliant goal," said Brothers coach Syed Naeemuddin.