Brothers upset Abahani
Dhaka, April 18:
Brothers Union Ltd upset Abahani Ltd 1-0 in the 2nd phase of Nitol
Tata Bangladesh
Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.
Brothers took lead in
the 37th minute by an own goal from Abahani’s defender Md. Nasirul
Islam. The defender sent a back pass to goalie Shahidul Alam Sohel who was not
in position to hold the ball and the ball moved into the net. (1-0)
Abahani had chance to
restored the parity in the 75th minute but Portuguese forward Leonildo Soares squandered the
chance as his shot went over the crosspiece having one-on-one situation with rothers goalie Md. Sujon.
Goalkeeper Sujon saved
Brothers from level the score in the 76th minute. Abahani’s
Cameroonian forward Ekele Patrick took shot from the box but goalie Sujon
punched the ball away for corner.
In the first leg Abahani beat Brothers Union 1-0.
With this win, Brothers earned 13 points from 10 matches while Abahani remained with 19 points from the same number of matches.