Dhaka, June 4: A ten men Dhaka Mohammedan staged a brilliant comeback with Nigerian forward Sunday Chizoba hitting a hat-trick to steer his team to a 3-2 victory over Feni Soccer at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday.
Mohammedan took the lead in the 33rd minute with the ninth strike of their Nigerian forward Sunday Chizoba. The tall Nigerian capitalized the hesitation of defender Batamack Eric and goalie Niloy to sneak through and placed the long ball of Enamul Huq Sharif into the empty net (1-0).
Mohammedan would have taken a two goal lead in the 39th minute but forward Anwar’s upward placing off an Amani corner hit the crosspiece. The ball fell to Anwar’s feet after Niloy punched it.
Feni Soccer restored the parity in the 43rd minute off a penalty. Forward Bulbul’s placing off a Dominic Kabuye corner hit the hand of Mohammedan defender Akramuzzman Liton and the referee awarded a penalty. Nche Francis converted the spot kick (1-1).
Mohammedan was reduced to ten men in the 67th minute when Akramuzzaman Liton brought Nche Francis down in the danger zone and Feni won the second penalty of the match. Dominic Kabuye put Feni Soccer ahead with nicely taken penalty kick (2-1).
However it was Sunday Chizoba who back Mohammedan back in the game in the 76th minute His drop header off a Sohel Rana cross hit the back of the net after substitute Feni Soccer goalie Kader was beaten in the flight (2-2).
Sunday completed his second hat-trick in the 81st minute after defender Shariful ran down the left flank and provided a square pass to Sunday who hit the top of the net with a side footed placing shot (3-2)
Mohammedan took their tally to 26 points from 19 matches while Feni Soccer remained on their previous 14 form the same number of matches.
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