Dorielton inspires Kings again

Dorielton Gomes stole the show on the day football season resumed following a four-week break as the Brazilian forward powered Bashundhara Kings to a come-from-behind 3-1 win over spirited Muktijoddha Sangsad in the first quarterfinal of the Federation Cup at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Flight Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj yesterday.

The victory meant Kings moved into the semifinals after a season gap as the country's modern powerhouse had withdrawn from the Federation Cup in the 2021-22 season in protest of sub-standard pitch conditions at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium.

Interestingly, Dorielton, who was the main architect behind Abahani's triumph of the Federation Cup in the 2021-22 season, scored a double and contributed to other goals in the match, including the one which Muktijoddha scored.

Kings, as expected, staged a strong fightback to eventually down Muktijoddha, who had earlier given Kings a good run for their money during the group match that ended 4-3 in Kings' favour.

Muktijoddha threatened initially and took the lead in 34th minute.

But on the back of 19 goals in 18 matches, Dorielton was unstoppable like he was in the last season and he combined with Robson da Silva to take the game away from their opponents.