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Saif defeated Mohammedan, the competition’s second-best 10-time champion, 6-7 in a tiebreaker in the second quarter-final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The scheduled game and the overtime game ended in a 2-2 draw.
Saif Sporting’s Ikechuku Kenneth, Shahedul Alam Shahed, John Okoli and Emanuel Ariachuku scored in the five-shot tiebreaker. Yassin Arafat disappointed by crashing off the crossbar. Suleiman Diabate of Mohammedan, Uru Nagata, Habibur Rahman Sohag, Mohammad Mithu find the net; Aminur Rahman Sajib missed the second shot.
Kauldiyati in sudden death, Amir Hakim Bappi attacked. Atikuzzaman Maren is out. Rahim Uddin, Rahmat Mia After finding the net, Uzbek midfielder Sirojuddin Ravmatullayev scored in the thrill of victory Saif Sporting.
Saif Sporting will face Chittagong Abahani 2-0 in the first quarter-finals against Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra in the semi-final.
A shot from Mohammedan’s Farhad Monar was blocked by one of Saif’s defenders in the first minute. The team that had the taste of the last Federation Cup in 2009 went ahead from the next attack. Atikuzzaman found the net after a header from Burkina Faso coach Kaulidiati at the corner of Habibur Rahman Sohag.
Saif Sporting reached the semi-finals of the Federation Cup by defeating Mohammedan in a sudden tiebreaker.
The gap didn’t double in the fourth minute when Shahed Mia’s shot deflected off the post.
Saif Sporting, who entered the round of 16, became the best of the group in the seventh minute. Faisal Ahmed Fahim’s corner was hit by Nigerian defender Emanuel Head. Four minutes later, Nigerian forward Ikechuku Kenneth found the net with a great shot from three defenders; Saif keeps going.
Saif, who was eliminated from the quarter-finals in the last edition, had a chance to widen the gap in the 19th minute. Nigerian midfielder John Okoli was unable to make a proper shot despite only hitting goalkeeper Ahsan Habib Bipu.
In the 36th minute, Fahim’s shot went wide off the post. Three minutes later, a Fahim corner kick hit Arifur Rahman in the head and hit the post.
Mohammedan leveled from the corner in the 43rd minute after Pappu Hossain unleashed a powerful shot from Zafar Iqbal. Saif’s goalkeeper defeated Mali forward Soleiman Diabat in the corner of Shahed Mia.
Mohammedan’s savior Bipu returned Kenneth’s shot in the 62nd minute of the second half. The goalkeeper’s determination led the team to extra time. O’Keefe wanted to find the net next to the goalkeeper by knocking out two defenders in added time; The Nigerian midfielder’s attempt to stop Bipu by extending his leg at the last moment.
Rahim Uddin squandered a golden opportunity to score in the 109th minute. The striker, attacking down the left wing, got the keeper alone but caught a weak shot alongside him. Bipu returned in exchange for a corner. After the corner, Okoli’s shot returned from the goal line. Two minutes later Kenneth shook the net outside. The destiny of the party is in tiebreaker. Saif won after a great drama there.
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