Bangladesh U16 Girls football team qualify into Asia's top 8

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Bangladesh U16 girls crush UAE to stay unbeaten in AFC Women's Championship qualifiers
Bangladesh girls have thrashed the United Arab Emirates 4-0 to complete an unbeaten qualifying campaign on their way to the 2017 AFC U16 Women's Championship.
Golam Rabbani Choton's team of young stars put up another scintillating display of attacking football to claim all 15 points on offer in Group C on Monday morning.
The home team secured a berth in the finals of next year's AFC event in Thailand with a 4-2 win against Chinese Taipei on Saturday.

Before that Bangladesh had swept past Iran 3-0 and trounced Singapore 5-0 before hitting Kyrgyzstan for 10 as the group champions netted 26 goals and conceded just two in their campaign.

Captain Krishna Rani put Bangladesh ahead in the third minute when she rose above her marker to head in Marzia's corner.

Defender Shamsunnahar failed to convert a spotkick in the 36th minute after Krishna had been brought down inside the UAE box.

Krishna scored her second goal after the break to take her tally to eight goals in the competition.

She slotted in a right footer off a dipping corner of Sanjida Akhter to give Bangladesh a two-goal cushion.

Moments later, forward Anuching Mogini scored her fifth goal of the qualifiers with a fine header after being fed with a piercing floater from Maria Manda.
The Arab girls, who had lost two of their previous four matches, tried to fightback but Sheuli Azim, Nargis Khatun and Masura Khatun maintained a tight defence and did not concede a goal.
Substitute Tohura Khatun then completed the rout in the 87th minute with another header after a cross from Monika Chakma had slipped off the gloves of the UAE goalkeeper.
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Bangladesh have sealed a place in the final round of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship after beating main rivals Chinese Taipei 4-2 in the penultimate match of Qualifying Group C at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

The girls in red and green came back from a goal down to notch the terrific victory, which ensured their passage to the final eight where they are set to meet Asian powerhouses such as Australia, Korea and Japan next year.

Despite having a game left to play, Bangladesh's qualification was ensured on head-to-head count as they have beaten both Taipei and Iran, the two teams who have a mathematical chance to equal Bangladesh on points in case the hosts lose their last match against the UAE on Monday.

But given the brilliant form, confidence and resilience of this bunch of girls, a defeat against lightweights UAE -- which will at best take some gloss off their qualification -- is unlikely. The brilliance of the hosts was on full display at the Big Bowl last night as the girls came storming back after conceding an early goal.

With both teams having won their previous three matches by big margins, this game had turned into a virtual final. And it did look like it was going to be a competitive affair when Taipei skipper Yu-Hsuan Su beat Bangladesh goalkeeper Mahmuda with a piledriver of a shot on ten minutes, stunning the 5,000-something crowd into silence.

Taipei had made the better start, with Mahmuda having to make a valiant block to deny Hsin-Hui Lin from point-blank range minutes before the opening goal. But the goal seemed only to have woken up the Tiger in the hosts.

Skipper Krishna Rani proved a handful for the Taipei defence, and her darting runs made way for Bangladesh's first two goals in the space of 12 minutes. The former under-14 skipper was brought down in the box on 25 minutes by Chen Chiao-Yi, who earned a second yellow card in the process. Shamsunnahar stepped up, and despite her feeble attempt, managed to beat the Taipei keeper to her right. Twelve minutes later, Krishna was brought down inside the box yet again, and this time Shamsunnahar beat the Taipei goalie with a powerful strike.
With the numerical advantage, there was hardly any stopping Bangladesh. They kept battering the opposition, with Anuching Mogini hitting the woodwork on 40 minutes before Krishna made it 3-1 with an exquisite chip ten minutes after restart.

The margin was further widened by Marzia from a goal-mouth scramble in the 78th minute before Taipei pulled one back two minutes before time after a scrappy clearance from the hosts, but the goal mattered little and in the end as the hosts celebrated a richly deserved victory and a place among
www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/girls-qualify-asias-top-8-1280128Asia's best.

 

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Why are we so good?
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When the men's team are experiencing their worst time in history, the young girls are lifting the country's image through eye-catching performances

“In terms of shooting, passing, scoring, tactics, over-laps and corners, Bangladesh girls are the best,” praised Azzam Ghotok, the Syrian head coach of United Arab Emirates on Saturday after watching the home side’s displays in the Asian Football Confederation Under-16 Women’s Championship 2017 Qualifiers. Azzam happens to be the most experienced coach among the six participating nations.

When the Bangladesh men’s football team are going through one of their worst times in history, a group of young girls are lifting the image of the country’s football in the international arena through eye-catching performances.

Since September last year, in different Fifa/Afc tournaments and qualifiers, Bangladesh men’s team conceded eight defeats in as many attempts, leaking 44 goals, and scoring none.

The girls, in contrast, have won all of their eight matches, scoring 35 goals, shipping only two and winning two historic titles.

They scored three against Iran, five against Singapore and 10 against Kyrgyzstan in the ongoing AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017 Qualifiers and are improving significantly with each passing game.

It is no more a question of how good the girls are, but rather, why are they so good?

There might be many answers flying around but the spirit, determination and dedication of the girls should be the key reasons behind their recent successes. After all, history suggests that the women’s national side contested their first official match only six years ago in 2010 whereas the men’s team started their journey back in 1973.

Bangladesh captain Krishna Rani Sarkar takes a shot at goal against Kyrgyzstan during their AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship 2017 Qualifiers at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday Mainoor Islam Manik

Another reason behind their triumphs is that most of the players from this group of young Bangladesh girls have been playing together for the best part of two years now, under the guidance of head coach Golam Rabbani Choton. Choton has been the head coach of the women’s national team since 2010 and guided them in all three editions of the South Asian Football Federation Women’s Championship.

Choton recruited most of the girls in the current U-16 squad from different parts of the country. He knows the ins and outs of the girls. And the girls also have great rapport with the coach, always referring to him as “Sir”.

For the current qualifying event, the trial began on June 13 this year with 43 players. Three days later, the squad was reduced to 32 members. They trained together for more than two months before the best 23 players were selected. Most of them have been retained from the famous U-14 national team.

It all started in April 2015 when the Bangladesh girls took part in the AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship in Nepal, reaching the final of the tournament ahead of teams like Iran and India.

But the final was postponed due to a 7.9 magnitude earthquake. The grand finale was played later in December and Bangladesh made history, beating hosts Nepal to clinch their first ever title.

As the days went by, they continued to shine brightly and rewrote history by retaining their title this year in Tajikistan. This time around, they were more aggressive and dominated their opposition. They beat India for the first time in history and repeated the feat again in the final with a massive 4-0 victory. Twelve players from the latest title-winning squad have been retained in the current squad.

This Bangladesh team have a very strong attacking line-up, a lively midfield and a solid defence. Shamsunnahar and Masura Parvin are strong presences in defence, Maria Manda and Mousumi Jahan sit in front of the defence and thread passes through to the forward line while the likes of Sanjida Akhter and Krishna Rani Sarkar continuously threaten the opponents’ terrain.

Just like any other Bangladeshi fan, Syrian tactician Azzam also predicted a bright future for women’s football in Bangladesh.

“If this group continue for the next few years, playing together, and adding some players of quality, Bangladesh should be a good team in Asia. They will then play in the U-17, U-19 and step by step, will be a big team in Asia.”
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