Courtesy: The New Nation


Brothers Union, Abahani Limited reach Futsal final

UNB, Dhaka

Brothers Union Club advanced to the final of the Citycell Futsal Tournament eliminating Rahmatganj MFS by 3-2 goals in the semifinal at the NSC wooden floor gymnasium here Sunday.

The "all-orange" Gopibagh outfit will play the final match tomorrow (Monday) at 3 pm against Abahani Limited, which got walk over against their arch rivals Mohammedan SC in the day's another semi-final.

BFF president Kazi Salahudin will witness the final as chief guest and distribute the prizes among the winners.

In the day's match, Abdullah Pervez struck twice in the 20th and 24th minute while Tapu netted another goal in the 33rd minute for Brothers Union. Zakir and Jahangir scored one goal each in the 16th and 22nd minutes respectively for Rahmatganj MFS.



Courtesy: Bangladesh News 24


Abahani, Brothers in Futsal final

Sun, Sep 7th, 2008

Dhaka, Sept 7 (bdnews24.com) – Abahani Limited and Brothers Union will play the final of the inaugural Citycell Futsal Tournament at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium on Monday.

Brothers came from behind to hand a 3-2 defeat to Rahmatganj MFS to set up the final clash with Abahani, who made the final after Mohammedan forfeited the first semifinal on Sunday.

Zakir put Rahmatganj ahead in the 16th minute before Abdullah Parvez levelled for Brothers after three minutes.

Two minutes later, Rahmatganj again took the lead thanks to a Jahangir strike only for Parvez to restore parity in the 24th minute.

Tapu scored in the 33rd minute to seal the match for Brothers.

Following a brawl with Brothers Union in the group-phase match, Mohammedan Saturday night informed the tournament committee that they would not play their scheduled semifinal tie on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Futsal committee suspended two Brothers Union officials for the incident.




Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com