Bangladesh score 2 goals at halftime

Bangladesh get a 2-0 lead at the halftime of the SAFF Women’s Championship final against Nepal.

With this progress, football lovers hope that the team is 45 minutes away from potentially winning their maiden title at the Dasarath Rangasal Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday.

Shasunnahar Junior’s brilliant strike put Bangladesh in the front in the 14th minute and in the 42nd minute Krishna Rani Sarkar doubled the lead, making full use of a defensive error from Nepal.

Goalkeeper Rupna Chakma saved a free kick in the 36th minute and in the very next minute the defenders made a goal line clearance to save Bangladesh from a goalmouth melee.

The SAFF Women‍‍`s Championship final between Bangladesh and Nepal kicks off at 5:15pm Bangladesh time at the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu in Nepal. 

The match is being telecast live on T Sports, Bangladesh‍‍`s only sports channel.

The match is also being streamed live at www.elevensports.com.

The tournament‍‍`s sixth edition will see a new champion in the history of SAFF as both the teams have expressed their high optimism to win the title and look confident for their respective title charges.

Bangladesh scored 20 goals from four matches while Nepal scored 11 goals from three encounters. Whichever team of Bangladesh and Nepal becomes the champions, they will have to break the strong defensive wall of their opponents.

The way the two teams have reached the finals, it‍‍`ll not be wise to tag any team as favorite in the final because those who will play well in the final will win the title. Nepal however takes to the field with an upper hand because they will get the home ground advantage and one of the strengths will be their supporters. It can be assumed that the host crowds will fill the gallery to support their team.

The record of past meetings between the two teams will go in favor of Nepal. Bangladesh and Nepal have met three times in the previous five SAFF championships. Nepalese have won all three occasions. Bangladesh and Nepal first met in the first SAFF Championship in Cox‍‍`s Bazar back in 2010 with Nepal winning the match 3-0 against Bangladesh.

Bangladesh lost 1-0 to Nepal in the 2014 semi-final of the championship and in the third meeting in 2019 in the group stage, Nepal won the match 3-0 against Bangladesh.

Bangladesh earlier blanked the Maldives by 3-0 in their group opening match, thrashed Pakistan 6-0 in their second match and defeated defending champions India by 3-0 goals to book their spot of semifinal as the group A champions.

The girls in red and green confirmed their spot of semifinal after crushing Bhutan by 8-0 goals in the first semifinal.

While Nepal blanked Bhutan 4-0 in their group opening match and thrashed Sri Lanka 6-0 to secure semifinal as group B champions.

After that, Nepal edged past holders India by 1-0 goal in the second semifinal to confirm their spot of final in the tournament.

Bangladesh women‍‍`s team: Rupna Chakma, Etie Rani, Sathi Biswas, Masura Parvin, Mossammat Akhi Khatun, Shamsunnahar, Sheuli Azim, Nilufa Yesmin Nila, Anai Mogini, Maria Manda (vice-captain), Monika Chakma, Shamsunnahar, Sohagi Kisku, Sapna Rani, Ritu Porna Chakma, Sanjida Akhter, Marzia, Sabina Khatun (captain), Srimoti Krishnarani Sarkar, Mosammat Sirat Jahan Shopna, Tohura Khatun, Anuching Mogini and Sajeda Khatun.