Bangladesh play hosts Singapore in a do-or-die match today

FE Team | Published: April 29, 2023 21:17:13

Players of Bangladesh women's team stretching during a training session at the hotel Saturday — UNB

Bangladesh women's team will play hosts Singapore in a do- or-die Group D match of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers (Round-1) this (Sunday) evening, reports UNB.
The last Group D match between the two teams will be held at 6 pm Bangladesh time at the Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang in Singapore.
Bangladesh will play hosts Singapore today (Sunday) in a must-win situation to qualify for the 2nd round of the meet as one of the eight Asian group champions.
In case of a draw or defeat, touring Bangladesh will be eliminated from the first round of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup.
Ahead of the today's (Sunday) vital match, Bangladesh women's team joined training, conditioning and stretching sessions at the hotel Saturday morning.
All the 5,000 tickets of today's (Sunday) match have already been sold out, said a BFF media release on Saturday.
Earlier, Bangladesh team made a flying start in the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers outplaying Turkmenistan by 6-0 goal last Wednesday while Singapore are enjoying an upper hand advantage over Bangladesh in the group crushing Turkmenistan by 7-0 goal on Friday.
Striker Thuinuye Marma scored twice (5th and 53rd minutes) while midfielder Puja Das (3rd minute), captain Ruma Akter (39th minute), forward Souravi Akanda Prirty (60th minute) and striker Sree Moti Trishna (82nd minute) scored one goal each for Bangladesh in Wednesday's opening match.
Only the champion teams of the eight Asian groups will qualify for the 2nd round of the meet to be held in September 16-24 next.
Later, four top teams from the 2nd round will earn the rights to play in the eight-team final round of the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup to be held in Indonesia next year.
Hosts Indonesia and the top three teams of the 2019 tournament---champions Japan, runners-up North Korea and 3rd ranked China will directly play in the eight-team final round of the meet in Indonesia next year.