2024-08-28 14:22:29
Published: 17:22, 26 August 2024 Updated: 18:30, 26 August 2024
Bangladesh reached the final after defeating India in SAFF U-20 Football Championship. In the second semi-final held at the Anfa Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal, on Monday (August 26) afternoon, Bangladesh youth team defeated India in a tiebreaker by 4-3 to reach the final. The regular time game ended in a 1-1 draw.
Bangladesh’s goalkeeper stopped India’s first shot in the tiebreaker. Mehdi Hasan Shravan. Bangladesh, however, scored four consecutive shots. Shravan stopped India’s fifth hundred to secure a 4-3 win in Bangladesh.
In the final of the first season held in 2022, the youth of Bangladesh lost the title by losing 5-2 to India. This time, however, Maruful Haque’s disciples eliminated India from the semi-finals.
Bangladesh will face host Nepal in the final on Wednesday afternoon. Nepal reached the final after defeating Bhutan 4-1 in the first semi-final in a tiebreaker.
The Bangladeshi players were performing very energetically from the beginning of the match. They got the lead after 36 minutes. At this time, the shot taken by Rabbi Hussain Rahul from the left side of the box was returned by the Indian goalkeeper Priyansh Dubey. The ball touched his hand and went to Asadul Molla. He taps the ball into the net. Bangladesh went into the break ahead with his goal.
After the break, the young men of India equalized after 75 minutes. At this time they get a free kick. From the free kick, the ball was turned around in the box and the captain Ricky Meti Haubum got it. However, there were no more goals in the rest of the period. The scheduled 90-minute game ended in a 1-1 draw. Then the match is made in a test of luck called tiebreaker. There, Asadul-Shravanra beat India by 4-3 and entered the final.
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