Abahani, Rahmatganj start BPL campaign with victories

Abahani and Rahmatganj MFS registered victories on the second day of the Bangladesh in two venues of the country on Saturday.
Abahani, the six-time professional league champions, notched a 2-0 win against promoted Yougmen's Fakirerpul Club at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur.
Playing without any foreign player this season, Abahani found it hard to break down Fakirerpul in the first half. Enamul Haque Gazi, though, broke the deadlock in the 71st minute of the game to give the Sky Blues the lead. The 23-year-old midfielder shrugged off his marker just outside the box, cut into the box skipping past a defender and picked the corner of the net with a diagonal shot.
Former Mohammedan winger Jafar Iqbal wrapped up the victory with a goal from the penalty spot in the sixth minute of stoppage time to give Maruful Haque a winning start to the campaign.
Meanwhile, at the Birshreshtho Flight Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj, Rahmatganj stunned Fortis FC 3-1.
After a barren first half, Ghanaian midfielder Mamoud Oshie broke the deadlock in the 59th minute with a superb volley from inside the box following a corner.
Full-back Taj Uddin doubled Rahmatganj's lead eight minutes later with a superb left-footed strike from a similar position.
Felix Tetteh, another Ghanaian player, made it 3-0 in the 70th minute with a placing shot after rounding off the Fortis goalkeeper before Monjurur Rahman Manik scored a consolation goal for Fortis four minutes later with a strike from inside the box after the rahmatganj goalkeeper failed to grip a corner.
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