On the day Mohammedan lost in the Bangladesh Premier Football League, their arch-rivals Dhaka Abahani won a big victory. Both matches were held at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Comilla. Yesterday’s Rahmatganj-Mohammedan match was not completed due to adverse weather conditions. That match started today (Wednesday) at 1 pm. Then, Dhaka and Chittagong Abahani faced each other at the same venue at the scheduled time. There has been no recent history of two matches being held on the same day at a district-level stadium. Abahani and Mohammedan also created a special feat of playing outside Dhaka at the same venue on the same day.
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Mohammedan started the remaining 72 minutes of the game with a 2-1 lead the previous day. However, the white and black teams left the field with a 4-3 scoreline. Despite Mohammedan’s loss, Dhaka Abahani won by a big score of 5-0. The defeat of Chittagong Abahani by Dhaka Abahani was predictable. Abahani’s Nigerian Emeka Ogbah Jora, Asaduzzaman Bablu, Rafael Augusto and Enamul Islam Gazi scored one goal each. With this win, Abahani is in second place with 31 points in 16 matches. Bashundhara Kings is in third place with 28 points in the same number of matches.
In another match in the Premier League today, Police drew 1-1 with Forties at the Kings Arena. Al Amin scored a goal with extraordinary skill from inside the box in the 44th minute. This was his eighth goal. Bashundhara Kings’ Rakib Hossain leads the list of local players with 10 goals in the ongoing league. Ghanaian forward Samuel Boateng of Rahmatganj tops the list with 15 goals, both domestic and foreign.
Forties equalized in the 67th minute through Omar Babu. Six minutes later, Jumaev’s free kick hit the crossbar, leaving both teams with one point each. Police and Forties are in sixth and seventh place respectively with 24 and 23 points from 16 matches.
