Abahani make a good start
Dhaka, November 21: Osei Morrison’s hat-trick helped Dhaka Abahani Limited to register a 3-0 win over Rahmatganj MFS in the opening match of the Walton Federation Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday.
The sky-blues went ahead in the 17th minute through their Ghanaian Striker Osei Morrison who placed a ball into the far post net on a cross of forward Towhidul Alam from the left flank.
Rahmatganj had a good chance to level the score in the 27th minute but it was squandered as their forwards failed to touch a nice free kick off midfielder Sabbir Ahmed.
The Ghanaian striker doubled the lead in the 42nd minute when his team mate Cameroonian midfielder Yoko Samnik put through pass to him and Morrison made to mistake to place the ball into the net.
Morrison completed his hat-trick in the 72nd minute with a placing shot again as Rahmatganj goalie Md. Al Amin failed to clear a shot of Brazilian forward Rumolo de Castro and the wily Ghanaian quickly tapped the ball into the net.