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Baridhara force Brothers Union to play 3-3 draw in BPL
DHAKA, Jan 27, 2021 (BSS)- Uttar Baridhara Club, came from behind to force Brothers Union Club to play a 3-3 goal draw in the Bangladesh Premier League Football match held today at Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium in Tongi, Gazipur.
The match was locked goalless at the breather.
In the day’s match midfielder Shofiqul Islam Shafi put Brothers Union Club ahead in the 61st minute while Sumon restored the parity for Uttar Baridhara in the 74th minute of the match.
Brothers Union however took lead again when their Uzbek defender Furqat Hasanboev scored the second goal in the 85th minute but Brothers Union’s lead lasted for few minutes as Uzbekistan midfielder Evgeniy Kochnev neutralized the margin for Baridhara in the 87th minute of the match.
Nigerian forward Samson Iliasu again put Brothers Union Club ahead scoring the third goal in the 88th minute while Juel leveled the margin scoring the third goal for Baridhara in the 90+3rd minute of the match.
The day’s win, saw Uttar Baridhara Club open their account with one point from three matches while the all orange Gopibagh outfit Brothers Union Club also collected one point playing four outings.
Uttar Baridhara Club will play their next match against Rahmatganj Muslim and Friends Society while Brothers Union Club will meet Bangladesh Police Football Club. Both the matches will be held on Sunday (January 31) at Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Earlier, Uttar Baridhara Club lost their league opening match to Bashundhara Kings by 0-2 margin, and suffered a solitary goal defeat to Bangladesh Police Football Club in their second match while Brothers Union Club suffered a 1-2 defeat to Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra in their league opening match, went down 0-2 to Dhaka Abahani Limited in their second match and lost 0-1 margin to Bashundhara Kings in their third match.
Squads:
Uttar Baridhara Club – Fozilov, Sujon, Kochnev, Papon, Rakib, Hafijur, Sumon, Sohel, Mamun, Mahmood and Abdedl.
Brothers Union Club – Titumir, Uttam, Osagie, Shofiqul, Mezbah, Zunapio, Faisal, Furkat, Samson, Munno and Jewel.
Thursday’s matches: Mohammedan Sporting Club vs Abahani Limited at Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium in Comilla at 3 pm, Chittagong Abahani Limited vs Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra at Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) at 3.30 pm and Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra vs Saif Sporting Club Limited at BNS at 6 pm.
BSS/SG/ARS/1819 hrs