Dhaka, October 16: Defending champions Sheikh Jamal will lock horns with Dhaka Abahani Ltd. in the 3rd quarterfinal of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 3:30 pm on Wednesday. In the last and the 4th quarterfinal of the meet Muktijoddha and Brothers Union face each other at the same venue at 6:30 pm. Sheikh Jamal and Abahani also played in the last year’s quarterfinal and Jamal won it by 4-3 goals in the penalty shootout after the stipulated time ended in a 2-2 stalemate. Abahani will rely on their dependable names of Awudu Ibrahim, Samad Youssif and Yoko Samnick while Sheikh Jamal has the firepower to put Abahani in all sort of trouble with Sunday Chizoba and Mike Otajeri. The Muktijoddha and Brothers Union duel will be mainly a battle of tactics of the two coaches Shafiqul Islam Manik of Muktijoddha and Ladi Baba Lola of Brothers. Brothers will try to start from their last match where they stunned Abahani by 1-0 goals in the last match.
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