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Bangladesh won the first friendly match 2-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.
The two teams will meet next Tuesday in the second and final match of the two-match friendly series to mark the centenary of the birth of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Bangladesh’s national and international soccer has been closed since March due to the coronavirus. Sometimes women’s soccer started, but men’s soccer was played for the first time. Visitors also returned to the gallery; However, they did not bother to stick to the distance to avoid coronavirus infection. They were all drunk with the joy of returning to the field.
Goalkeeper Anisur Rahman Zico and forward Sumon Raza made their debut for the national team in this match. The beginning of his career is great in a word.
Bangladesh could have gone ahead in the ninth minute. But after a long pitch from Bishwanath Ghosh, Tapu Varman couldn’t touch his head even after getting the ball into the D-box.
Bangladesh took the lead in the tenth minute to the delight of the fans. Saad Uddin, who attacked down the right wing with Nabib Newaz’s life pass, increased the ball by dodging two defenders. Life finds the net in the perfect slide.
The gap could have doubled in the 21st minute. Mohammad Ibrahim, who stands on a far post on the cross of life, takes a hit to the head from the defender. After a while, Tapur came off the head post with a pitch from Bishwanath. In the 26th minute, Chittagong Abahani’s Manik Mollah shot from 25 meters touched the goalkeeper’s gloves and approached the crossbar.
Bangladesh put pressure on Nepal, which lost eight players to coronavirus, during the first half. In the 32nd minute, a Saader cross went over the volley bar of his life.
Seven minutes later, Anjan Bista’s weak shot was hit by Zico with gloves. This was Nepal’s only shot for the goal before the break!
Forward Sohail Rana replaced Manik early in the second half. After a while, the Bangladesh manager took Jamal, replaced Bipolu Ahmed and Mahbubur Rahman Sufil. But the team’s attack was not at all in the first half. However, the defense arranged in Riyadul Hasan-Bishwanath-Rahmat Mia-Tapu was frozen.
In the 85th minute, Tapur’s free kick was deflected by goalkeeper Kiran Kumar Labu and the ball bounced off the crossbar. Then on the pitch, Zico poked Ananta Tamang’s head through the crossbar on the tip of his finger.
On the counterattack, Bangladesh doubled the lead in the 70th minute with Sufil’s great goal. Sufil, who was attacking from just above midfield with Sohail’s extended ball, entered the D-box from the left side and struck the goal with a cool head.
After that, the Bangladesh coach picked up Tapu and eliminated Yasin Khan. After spending the rest of the time uninterrupted, the team left the field with a great victory.
Bangladesh lost to Nepal in the 2013 and 2016 SAF championships. They also lost 1-0 to the U23 team in the last SA Games. Jamie D’s team finally got out of the losing circle.
Bangladesh last played a competitive match on January 23; In the semifinal of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup, the Der team lost 3-0 against Burundi.
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