Bangladesh reach semis in SA Games men's football
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Bangladesh smartly reached the semi-final of the South Asian Games men's football beating Bhutan by 4-0 goals in their second match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Monday, reports BSS .
This was the second successive win for Bangladesh after beating Nepal by 3-0 goals in their opening match.
In the day's match, promising striker Enamul Haque, Nasirul Islam Nasir, Mohammad Yousuf and Imtiaz Sultan Jitu scored one goal each for the winners, who led the first half 1-0.
Enamul opened the account for Bangladesh in the 42nd minute with a powerful right-footer from the top of the D-box taking a pass from Waly Faisal (1-0).
The home side came close to scoring in the 37th minute but Emily's header from vantage position off a Meshu close pass returned to play after hitting the cross bar.
In the very next minute, Bangladesh got another scoring chance, but this time Shakil Ahmed, who stood on the goal line, failed to push the ball off Enamul pass.
After them lemon break, Nasir pushed the ball home off Enamul pass in the 50th minute to double the winners' margin (2-0).
Yousuf scored the third goal for Bangladesh in the 68th minute with a placing shot from inside the danger zone capitalizing on a close pass from Mamun (3-0).
Jitu completed the winners' tally scoring from penalty kick in the 73rd minute (4-0). The referee awarded the spot kick in favor of Bangladesh as Mamunul Islam's attempted back volley from the danger zone touched the hands of a Bhutan defender.
Bangladesh clearly dominated the entire proceedings and notched their deserving victory while Bhutan was totally off-color and failed to produce any real attack.
This was the second successive win for Bangladesh after beating Nepal by 3-0 goals in their opening match.
In the day's match, promising striker Enamul Haque, Nasirul Islam Nasir, Mohammad Yousuf and Imtiaz Sultan Jitu scored one goal each for the winners, who led the first half 1-0.
Enamul opened the account for Bangladesh in the 42nd minute with a powerful right-footer from the top of the D-box taking a pass from Waly Faisal (1-0).
The home side came close to scoring in the 37th minute but Emily's header from vantage position off a Meshu close pass returned to play after hitting the cross bar.
In the very next minute, Bangladesh got another scoring chance, but this time Shakil Ahmed, who stood on the goal line, failed to push the ball off Enamul pass.
After them lemon break, Nasir pushed the ball home off Enamul pass in the 50th minute to double the winners' margin (2-0).
Yousuf scored the third goal for Bangladesh in the 68th minute with a placing shot from inside the danger zone capitalizing on a close pass from Mamun (3-0).
Jitu completed the winners' tally scoring from penalty kick in the 73rd minute (4-0). The referee awarded the spot kick in favor of Bangladesh as Mamunul Islam's attempted back volley from the danger zone touched the hands of a Bhutan defender.
Bangladesh clearly dominated the entire proceedings and notched their deserving victory while Bhutan was totally off-color and failed to produce any real attack.