Bangladesh Under-16 Women’s football team ended their AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship campaign with a narrow 2-3 defeat to Australia in Chonburi in Thailand on Sunday.
Even though Bangladesh finished at the bottom of Group B with three straight defeats, they played some brilliant football against their Australian counterparts despite playing with one less player for at least one hour.
Australia went ahead in the 9th minute when Laura fired home with a powerful shot from outside the box.
Bangladesh could level the margin three minutes later when Maria provided a forward-pass to Israt Jahan Shopna, but she shot the ball straight to Australian keeper.
Bangladesh suffered a huge blow when their skipper Krishna Rani was given a straight red card for using abusive words after an Australian player fouled her in an off-the-ball situation.
Bangladesh levelled the things in the last minute of first half when Shamsunnahar converted a penalty after Shopna was brought down by Cecillija Matic inside the box.
Monica Chakma put Bangladesh ahead in the 51st minute. Receiving a long ball from Shopna, Monica slotted the ball home past Australian keeper.
Australia returned to the game in the 78th minute when Kyra Cooney’s curling corner beat Bangladesh goalkeeper Mahmuda.
Substitute Sofia Sakalish sealed the victory for Australia in the 83rd minute by tapping home from a goal mouth melee following a corner.
-With New Age input
