Sheikh Jamal beat Feni in goal fest
A treble from Sony Norde put Sheikh Jamal DC back on track in the Nitol Tata Bangladesh Premier League as the league leaders handed a thrilling 5-3 defeat to Feni Soccer Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
Smarting from their first defeat of the league against Brothers Union in the previous match, Sheikh Jamal put on a strong performance that resulted in relegation-threatened Feni conceding the season-highest five goals in a single match though they fought hard to net three of their own – also the highest number of goals scored by Feni in this season's league.
Sony struck one of the fastest goals ever of the league with a low drive within 25 seconds to his compatriot Wedson Anselme doubled the lead in the 8th minute.
In the first half, Sheikh Jamal struck three more goals through Sony, Wedson Anselme and Emeka Darlington and Feni Soccer also responded well to reduce the margin twice through Gambian Kabba Jobe and Nigerian Chuka Charles.
Sony completed his first hat-trick of the season eight minutes into the second half with a spectacular low drive outside of the box before Kabba again reduced the arrears to 5-3 in the 55th minute.
Feni Soccer then put huge pressure on Sheikh Jamal, who were forced to strengthen their backline, which looked vulnerable without suspended stopper Nasir Chowdhury. Feni however failed to snatch a point from the giants as their forwards squandered chances.
Sheikh Jamal now have 48 points from 21 matches, 10 ahead of second-placed Abahani while Feni remain on 13 points from 21 matches in ninth position.
Away at the MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Abahani beat Uttar Baridhara 1-0 to leapfrog to eighth position with 16 points from 21 matches, four points ahead of their bottom-placed opponents.
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