Mohammedan Sporting Club covered the wounds of the Challenge Cup loss to some extent. Mohammedan were beaten 1-0 in the Premier League today after missing out on the title by losing to Bashundhara Kings at the start of the season.
As the match was a holiday on Friday, there was no dearth of spectators in the gallery of Comilla's Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium. Mohammedan made great use of their home venue advantage. Although 11 of them could not fight in the end. Goalkeeper Mohammad Sujan left the field after seeing the red card. Mohammedan finally left the field with the victory without the goalpost's main commander. Suleimane Diabate scored the winning goal for the black and whites. However, he also missed a penalty. Otherwise the score could have been double.
Valerio Tita's team suffered the first loss of the season. Kings started the new season by winning the Challenge Cup. After that, in their first match in the Premier League, they thrashed Chittagong Abahani in a flood of goals. Win the Federation Cup as well. Today, in the second match of the league, he could not get up with Mohammedan.
Mohammad Sujan left the field after seeing a red card in the 25th minute of the day. To save Rakib Hossain's sure goal, goalkeeper Mohammad Sujan came out of the box and blocked it. Referee Simon Sunny took the time to talk to the assistant and show him the red card. With one less, the Mohammedan defense tightened and attacked the Kings. In the 30th minute, Ernest Boatang's powerful shot was palmed away by goalkeeper Shravan. After the break, Diabate entered the box from Rahim Uddin's through pass, found the goalkeeper alone and put the ball into the net.
Mohammedan could have increased the gap in the 75th minute. A Kings defender threw Rahim Uddin into the box. The penalty whistle sounds. Diabat's shot was blocked by Shravan jumping to the right side. Then in the 83rd minute, Jared Khasa's shot was blocked by the goalkeeper's foot to secure three points for the team. The rest of the time, despite two more attacks, the Kings could not score a goal.
In another match of the day, Rahmatganj beat Chittagong Abahani 2-0. Nabib Newaz Jiban scored both goals.
