Abahani demolish Feni Soccer
Dhaka, April 11: Dhaka Abahani Ltd. thrashed Feni Soccer 5-0 in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday.
Nigerian forward Lucky Paul Otofe slammed the third hat-trick of the league scoring four goals to send Abahani at the top of the table with 23 points from nine matches. Abahani touched Team BJMC in registering the biggest win of the league this season with 5-0 win.
Abahani took the lead in the 11th minute as Feni Soccer’s Guinean defender Mustafa Kaba in his attempt to clear a low cross of Abahani defender Waly Faisal placed the ball to the feet of Lucky Paul Otofe, the Nigerian forward beat Feni Soccer goalie Ariful Islam with a left footer (1-0).
In the 26th minute Arman Aziz doubled the lead off a penalty. Feni Soccer defender S.M. Rajib deliberately handled stopped a head of Arman Aziz with his hand and the referee pointed to the spot. Arman Aziz converted the spot kick (2-0) .
Lucky Paul Otofe scored his second in the 37th minute after playing one-two with Awudu Ibrahim and beating Ariful Islam in the far post from the left edge of the six yard box (3-0).
The Nigerian completed his hat-trick in the 53rd minute with an angular placing shot after right back Ashraf Mahmud Linkon provided him a perfect square pass from the right flank (4-0).
Lucky Paul Otofe became the highest scorer in a match in this edition of the league in the 65th minute with a low shot past Ariful after Awudu Ibrahim sent him free in the middle of the box (5-0).
Feni Soccer remained on their previous nine points from the same number of matches.