2024-09-25 10:30:34
Published: 19:53, 23 September 2024 Updated: 20:02, 23 September 2024
Bangladesh team lost 4-0 to Syria in the first match of the qualifying round of ‘AFC U-20 Football Tournament-2025’ held in Vietnam. Today, Monday (September 23), the youth who won the SAFF U-20 Championship did not win against Guam, a relatively weak opponent ranked 204th in the FIFA ranking. Despite advancing twice against them, they drew 2-2.
The disciples of Maruful Haque went ahead in the sixth minute of the match. At this time, Mirazul Islam, the best player of Saf, scored a goal. This is the only goal in the first half.
Guam got a penalty in the 75th minute after the break. Shuntaro Suzuki equalized from the penalty spot. In the 87th minute, Bangladesh’s No. 10 jersey substitute Md. Muminul Islam scored a goal and led the team again. However, at the end of 90+1 minutes, Guam’s Curtis Harmon equalized and the match ended with this tie.
With only 1 point from two matches, Bangladesh is at the fourth place in the points table of ‘A’ group. On the other hand, Guam is in second place with 2 points from two matches.
Next Friday (September 27) Bangladesh will play the third match against Vietnam. In the fourth match on Sunday (September 29), Bangladesh’s opponent is Bhutan.
A total of 45 teams have participated in 10 groups in this year’s qualifiers. Bangladesh is in ‘A’ group. Where their opponents are Syria, Guam, Bhutan and Vietnam.
The 10 champion teams from the ten groups, along with the 5 best runners-up teams, will play host China in the finals. In that case, Bangladesh needed to win today’s match if they wanted to go to the finals. Losing points in this match made it difficult for Maruful Haque’s disciples to reach the finals.
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