Wedson, Emeka brilliance inspire Sk Jamal

Emeka Darlington and Wedson, who have been in superb form in the last two seasons, were involved in all five goals as the premier league champions inched closer to the semi-finals after collecting maximum points from two matches. Emeka netted two goals and assisted as many. It took the Dhanmondi-based outfit 20 minutes to break the deadlock through the combination of none other than Emeka-Wedson. Receiving a through pass from Emeka, Haitian winger Wedson rounded off the opposition goalkeeper before placing the ball home into an empty net. The deadly duo caused havoc just three minutes later to double Sheikh Jamal’s lead and this time it was Emeka who was the scorer. Wedson further extended the lead in the 72nd minute after capitalising on a deflected lob from Enamul Haque. Emeka made it 4-0 three minutes later, slotting home from a perfectly-weighted Wedson through pass. Wedson then completed his first hattrick of the season in the 84th minute. Earlier yesterday at the same venue, Rahmatganj MFS registered their first victory in the season-opening tournament following their come-from-behind 3-2 win against Feni Soccer Club. Ghanaian striker Twum Frank put Feni ahead in the 12th minute, placing home a Akbar Hossain Ridon cross. A blunder by Feni custodian Osman Goni though allowed Rahmatganj midfielder Sohel Mia to equalise the margin in the quarter-hour mark. Rahmatganj dominated proceedings in the second half and deservedly took the lead in the 66th minute. Congolese forward Siyo Zunapio tapped home a low Nurul Absar cross. Zunapiyo netted his second of the day six minutes later after the Feni netminder came out of the box only to fluff his lines. Zunapiyo drifted past the keeper, entered the penalty area alone and had enough time to head home. Frank helped Feni reduce the arrears in injury time with a superb goal. The Ghanaian out-muscled his marker, collected a pass from Iqbal Hossain Bhuiyan, turned round and curled the ball into the far post. Sheikh Russel will take on Team BJMC in their second match today while Mohammedan face newly-promoted Uttar Baridhara Club in the other tie of the day.