Dhaka, February 01: Uttar Baridhara Club and
Soccer Club played out a 1-1 draw in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu
National Stadium on Saturday.
Captain Shohidul Islam Shopon put Uttar
Baridhara ahead in the 7th minute of the match with an angular shot from
the edge of the box on a cutback off Nigerian midfielder Kosoko. (1-0)
Gambian defender Mathew Mendy brought Feni
Soccer back in the match in the 26th minute. Forward Sayed Rashid
Torza put a cross to unmarked Mendy whose powerful left footer beat Baridhra
goalie Osman Goni in the far post. (1-1)
Soccer were very near in the 38th
minute to lead but goalie Osman Goli saved a 20 yards powerful shot from
midfielder Azmal Hossain Biddut.
Wassiou Okalawon missed another chance having
one on one situation with opponent custodian Osman Goni but his shot was
punched away by goalie in the 55th minute.
Baridhara had a chance to move ahead but
forward Sujon Biswas’s shot was saved by Soccer goalie Md. Nehal for corner in
the 67th minute.
Feni Soccer disappointed again in the 84th
minute when Gambian defender Mathew Mandy’s header hit the right side post on a
free kick of defender Akramuzzaman Liton from the right.
After this draw the Baridhara outfit earned 6
points from seven matches while the Feni outfit’s collection is 3 points from
same number of matches.
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