Bangladesh’s female booters rewrite history beating India in SAFF U-19 to clinch title

Dhaka
December 22, 2021, 09:11 PM
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Publish- December 22, 2021, 09:11 PM
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Update- December 23, 2021, 10:37 AM

Bangladesh’s female booters rewrite history beating India in SAFF U-19 to clinch title

Bangladesh emerged unbeaten champions in the five-nation SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship’21 beating their giant neighbour India by 1-0 goal in the final at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Wednesday.

Defender Anai Mogini brought laurel for the country scoring the match-winner in the 80th minute by a long distance shot, off a back hill of Shaheda Akhter Ripa to colour the 50th year celebration of Independence of Bangladesh.

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In the just concluded SAFF Tourney, Bangladesh clinched the trophy with unbeaten record scoring 20 goals without conceding any.

This was the 2nd consecutive victory for Bangladesh against India in the ongoing meet after beating their neighbour, also by 1-0 goal, in round robin stage.

Bangladesh women’s team also clinched the 2018 SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship title, now termed as the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship.

State Minister for Youth Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell witnessed the day’s final and distributed the prestigious trophy to Bangladesh captain Maria Manda. SAFF and BFF president Kazi M Salahuddin was also present on the occasion.

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Shaheda Akhter Ripa of Bangladesh was adjudged the most valuable player and highest scorer of the tournament netting five goals.