Five-star MSC move to 2nd
Ismail Bangoura slammed a hattrick as Mohammedan Sporting Club thrashed Rahmatganj MFS 5-0 to move into second place in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League.
The Guinean forward, who had scored 15 goals for his former club Team BJMC last season, gave the Black and Whites a 2-0 lead within the first 26 minutes before wrapping up the victory in the 87th minute in the one-sided affair at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
The three goals took the Guinean to eight goals in the campaign while giving his side a much-needed boost ahead of their crucial encounter against arch-rivals Abahani on Wednesday. Both Mohammedan and Abahani have 17 points from nine matches and are six behind leaders Sheikh Jamal with a game in hand in the first leg.
The Black and Whites, who came into the match on the back of two 1-1 draws – one against Brothers and the other against Sheikh Jamal – dictated terms from the beginning against their Old Dhaka neighbours. And their incessant pressure paid off when Bangoura volleyed home from close range after winger Jewel Rana had headed a cross to his path.
The gangly Guinean soon doubled Mohammedan's advantage with a towering header before Jewel made it 3-0 on the half-hour mark with a delectable floating effort.
The young Mohammedan winger, who has been recently rewarded with a call-up to the preliminary national squad for his impressive form in the league, bamboozled the Rahmatganj goalkeeper with a left-footed diagonal shot which floated over a host of defenders before finding the top left corner of the net.
Mohammedan played in the same vein after the restart as Rahmatganj, who had earlier held Sheikh Jamal and Abahani to draws, struggled to get the ball out of their own half.
The fourth goal came in the 76th minute with Tawhidul Alam Sabuz finding the net with a stooping header.
Bangoura then completed his hattrick with an easy tap-in on a cross from substitute winger Mobarak Hossain.
WALSON DOUBLE DRIVES BROTHERS
Bangoura's treble had put him on top of the scorers' list for two hours as Augustine Walson reclaimed the spot striking twice in Brothers Union's 3-1 win against Feni Soccer Club in the day's second match.
The Haitian sharpshooter, who was on seven goals alongside Enamul Haque of Muktijoddha Sangsad prior to yesterday's match, gave the Oranges a 29th minute lead with a placing shot before Azmal Hossain Bidyut equalised for the Feni side two minutes later.
Nigerian striker Kester Akon restored Brothers' lead in the 62nd minute with a clever chip over Feni keeper while Augustine put the final nail in Feni's coffin with another clinical finish in the first minute of stoppage time.
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