Abahani earn 3rd victory

Abahani Limited, Dhaka, registered a comfortable 3-1 goals victory over Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra in a fourth round match of the TVS Bangladesh Premier League Football held Friday at Bashundhara Sports Complex in the city, reports BSS.

In the day's match, midfielder Jewel Rana, Iranian defender Milad Sheykh Soleimani and skipper Nabib Newaj Jibon scored one goal each for Abahani Limited Guinea-Bissau forward Esmaël Gonçalves netted the lone goal for Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra.

After the barren first half, Jewel Rana finally broke the deadlock scoring the first goal for Abahani Limited in the 49th minute while Milad Sheykh Soleimani doubled the lead scoring the second goal for Abahani in the 61st minute of the match.

Esmaël Gonçalves reduced the margin scoring a lone goal for Sheikh Russel KC in the 64th minute while Jibon completed the winners' tally scoring the third goal for Abahani Limited in the 84th minute of the match.

Abahani Limited dominated the proceeding, especially in the second half and notched their deserving victory on the day while Sheikh Russel were off-colored, except the day's lone goal.

With the day's win, Abahani Limited raised their tally to 10 points from four matches while Sheikh Russel KC remained at their previous credit of five points playing the same number of matches.

Abahani Limited will play their next match against their arch-rival Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited at Sylhet District Stadium while Sheikh Russel KC will face Lieutenant Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at Bir Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj. Both the matches will be held on February 23.