Airtel and Bando Design confirmed their progression to the cup phase of the 8th Ascent 5-A-Side Soccer Cup after winning their respective group matches at the STM Hall, Scholastica yesterday.
Airtel edged past Incepta 2-1 to pick their second win of the tournament. Amirul and Mashuk scored one goal apiece for the telecom organisation. Incepta’s consolation goal came late in the game which eventually left them with no time to find an equaliser.
Bando once again rode on their in-form captain Imran as the prolific striker added another hat-trick in as many games to help his side thrash Aarong Dairy 6-0. The golden boot contender, Imran, has netted nine goals in just the two matches he played.
The fourth day of the event saw two more hat-tricks, the second coming from HSBC’s Parvez. The bankers registered their first win of the meet after they comfortably handed Metlife Alico a 5-2 defeat. Apart from Parvez, Kabir netted a goal for the winners while the other was an own goal by Metlife. Sadi and Jahangir scored one apiece for the eventual losers. HSBC in their first game came from behind to draw 3-3 with Bangla Cat and this win keeps them in the race of progressing to the cup phase.
Meanwhile, a thunderous strike from Majed powered Philip Morris International (PMI) registered a hard fought 2-1 win over Radio Foorti. Ali took PMI in front before Sumon equalised for the FM group. The PMI goalie kept his side in the game with a series of brilliant saves before Majed paid the dividend by snatching the winner.
In the last game of the day, Santos-Sangu, in the presence of their CEO Andrew Degaris, blew away Green Delta Securities 5-0. Anthony Spencer struck a superb hat-trick while Salahuddin and Rumi netted the others.
HSBC 5-2 METLIFE ALICO AIRTEL 2-1 INCEPTA
BANDO DESIGN 6-0 AARONG DAIRY
PMI 2-1 RADIO FOORTI SANTOS 5-0 GREEN DELTA