Mukitijoddha finish runners-upin Bangladesh League

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Muktijoddha Sangsad KC finished runners-up in the Grameenphone Bangladesh League crushing giant killer Rahmatganj MFS by 5-1 goals in their last league engagement at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB. In the day's other match, Arambagh KS earned a 3-2 goals victory over Chittagong Mohammedan SC, which helped Farashganj SC (19 points) to escape relegation. And as a result, two port city teams - Chittagong Mohammedan (17) and Chittagong Abahani (5) were relegated from the league. With the day's well-deserved result, the "all-red" Muktijoddha Sangsad KC completed their league engagements with 50 points, one point behind new champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club which secured 51 points from all the 22 league matches. Rahmatganj MFS finished eight in the league table with 24 points from all the 22 matches. In the day's match at BNS, Mithun Chowdhury put Muktijoddha SKC ahead in the 34th minute (1-0) by a placing shot after snatching the ball from Rahmatganj's Ugandan player Ddumba Michel. Sudanese booter James Moga doubled the Muktijodda margin in the 55th minute off a nice pass from Maruf Ahmed (2-0). is was the 18th goal for James Moga who became the highest scorer in the league. Nigerian forward Bukola widened the Muktijoddha margin in the 62nd minute as he scored off a James Moga pass (3-0). In the 68th minute, Mithun scored his second goal, the fourth for Muktijoddha SKC, with a nice chip over the advancing Rahmatganj keeper. (4-0). This was the 16th goal for Mithun who remained second in the scorer list. Rahmatganj pulled one back in the 75th minute as Pushban Mollah tapped the ball home taking the advantage of a fumble by opposition's substitute keeper Nehal (4-1) Moga sealed the fate of the match scoring his second goal in the match in the 84th minute by a right footer from a solo effort (5-1). This was the 19th goal of Moga who became the highest scorer in the league. At the Kamlapur stadium, Guinean striker Bangoura Ismael's hattrick helped Arambagh to edge past Chittagong Mohammedan 3-2 today (Saturday). Bangoura made the hattrick scoring three goals in the 37th, 39th and 90+2 minutes for Arambagh while Jerry Odesco and Jahangir netted one goal each for Chittagong Mohammedan in the 34th and 80th minutes respectively.