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Feni shoot Sk Russel out

Sports Reporter
Defending champions Sheikh Russel crashed out of the Modhumoti Bank Independence Cup Football tournament when they suffered
a 4-3 shootout defeat to lightweights Feni Soccer Club in the second quarterfinal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
It was the second successive departure from the quarterfinal stage for last season's treble-winner Sheikh Russel, who are now left with the only chance of defending their professional football league title. They are currently at a miserable sixth position of the ten-team league table.
Sheikh Russel, who lost their strength during the pre-season players' transfer, also suffered a tie-break defeat in the Federation Cup against BJMC after a 2-2 draw in the regulation and extra time.
Just like against BJMC, they came
from one-goal down to play out a 2-2 draw in the regulation and extra times but lost in the shootout with their players Jamaican Ricardo Cousins and Uruguayan Francisco Uscar firing their shots miles over the crossbar.
It is the second time Feni Soccer moved into the last four in any major domestic competition after their semifinal appearance in the 2009 Federation Cup.
Feni Soccer, bolstered by their Gambian and Nigerian recruits, could have sealed the contest in the regulation time had their Gambian hitman Landing Darboe not squandered a penalty five minute from time. At that time Feni were leading 1 -0.
It allowed Sheikh Russel to create huge pressure to cancel out the seventh minute lead by Gambian Kabba Jobe and eventually succeeded at the stroke of the final whistle, thanks to a nice overhead chip from Ricardo that brought Sheikh Russel back into the match.
After the first half of extra time, Sheikh Russel went ahead with a
controversial penalty converted by Haitian Pascal Millien on 116th minute.
The joy of Sheikh Russel however lasted only two minutes as former Mohammedan hitman Nigerian Chuka Charges levelled the margin with a nice placing shot on 118th minutes and forced the game into the shootout.
From the outset, Feni Soccer outshone holders Sheikh Russel with their nice build-up football and took the deserved lead.
Sheik Russel also had their share of opportunities with Pascal's free-kick from 30 yards hitting the side post on 10 minutes while Feni goalkeeper Nehal made a brilliant save off a powerful shot from Shakil Ahmed on the half-hour mark.
After resumption, Feni failed to cash in on two easy chances to widen the margin with Landing Darboe and Kabba squandering both the sitters while Sheikh Russel came close to levelling the margin a few times, but