<p>A lackluster Dempo suffered a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Syrian side Al Maged in their Group E AFC Cup match in Damascus.<br /><br />Dempo, who had beaten their rivals 1-0 at home, were outclassed by the Syrian side and could have lost by a bigger margin had not goalkeeper Abhijit Mondal saved at least half a dozen shots on target at the Al Abbassiyin Stadium on Tuesday late night.<br />Dempo are now second behind Al Maged with seven points from five matches and will have to win their last group match against bottom-placed Al Faisaly of Jordan on May 19 in Margao. <br /><br />Abdulhadi Al Hariri opened the scoring for the Syrian side in the 40th minute and Kenan Al Nama made it 2-0 in the 63rd before Roberto Mendes Silva pulled one back for Dempo in the 67th minute. <br /><br />Bagan humiliated<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mohun Bagan suffered their fifth successive defeat in the AFC Cup, this time a 0-5 thrashing by Jordan’s Al Wehdat in their Group ‘D’ away match in Amman.<br /><br />Mohun Bagan missing regular goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee, owing to an injury, and defenders Peter Odafe and Habibur Rehman Mondal — all suffering from injuries — leaked goals while the absence of Jose Barreto was felt upfront at the King Abdullah Stadium last night.<br /><br />Defender NS Manju started it all scoring an own goal in the 28th minute. Issa Al Sapah (29th, 40th) then pumped in two more before Hasan Abdel-Fattah (67th) converted a penalty and Rafat Ali (85th) completed the rout.<br /><br />Already out of contention for a quarter-final berth, Mohun Bagan were playing for pride but all that the Bhaichung Bhutia-led side could do was concede one less than the 0-6 pounding they received at the hands of Kuwait SC at home on April 21.</p>
<p>A lackluster Dempo suffered a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Syrian side Al Maged in their Group E AFC Cup match in Damascus.<br /><br />Dempo, who had beaten their rivals 1-0 at home, were outclassed by the Syrian side and could have lost by a bigger margin had not goalkeeper Abhijit Mondal saved at least half a dozen shots on target at the Al Abbassiyin Stadium on Tuesday late night.<br />Dempo are now second behind Al Maged with seven points from five matches and will have to win their last group match against bottom-placed Al Faisaly of Jordan on May 19 in Margao. <br /><br />Abdulhadi Al Hariri opened the scoring for the Syrian side in the 40th minute and Kenan Al Nama made it 2-0 in the 63rd before Roberto Mendes Silva pulled one back for Dempo in the 67th minute. <br /><br />Bagan humiliated<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mohun Bagan suffered their fifth successive defeat in the AFC Cup, this time a 0-5 thrashing by Jordan’s Al Wehdat in their Group ‘D’ away match in Amman.<br /><br />Mohun Bagan missing regular goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee, owing to an injury, and defenders Peter Odafe and Habibur Rehman Mondal — all suffering from injuries — leaked goals while the absence of Jose Barreto was felt upfront at the King Abdullah Stadium last night.<br /><br />Defender NS Manju started it all scoring an own goal in the 28th minute. Issa Al Sapah (29th, 40th) then pumped in two more before Hasan Abdel-Fattah (67th) converted a penalty and Rafat Ali (85th) completed the rout.<br /><br />Already out of contention for a quarter-final berth, Mohun Bagan were playing for pride but all that the Bhaichung Bhutia-led side could do was concede one less than the 0-6 pounding they received at the hands of Kuwait SC at home on April 21.</p>