Sports Reporter :
Dhaka Abahani Limited edged past Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited by two goals two one in their match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium in Gopalganj on Friday.
Reigning champions Bashundhara Kings led the points table securing 28 points from 11 matches.
Dhaka Abahani Limited are breathing on Dhaka Mohammeadan’s neck collecting 22 points from 12 matches.
Dhaka Mohammedan took the second position with 23 points from 11 matches. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited took the fifth position earning 15 points from 12 matches.
Mohammed Abdullah of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited put his team ahead by a spectacular shot in the eighth minute of the play. Abdullah got the ball on his way from a through pass of his teammate Abu Tore.
Fernandes of Abahani leveled the margin in the 28th minute of the match.
Cornelius Stewart of Abahani Limited broke the dead-lock by tapping the ball into the blank net in the injury time of the first half.
After the lemon-break, Abahani’s defender Milad Sheikh cleared an attack of the forwards of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited in the 71st minute of the match.
Milad Sheikh saved his team from danger in the 78th minute by heading the ball of Sheikh Jamal’s foreign recruit Higor Leite in the 78th minute of the match.
Meanwhile, Police Football Club defeated Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra by a solitary goal at the Rafique Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on the same day.
Quazem Kirmanee of Police Football Club scored the all-important goal in the 26th minute of the match.
Police Football Club took the fourth position gaining 17 points from 12 matches, while Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra took the seventh position with 11 points from 12 matches.
