Women booters fly for Myanmar today

FE Team | Published: November 05, 2018 00:56:49

Bangladesh Women's Football Team — UNB Photo

A 27-member Bangladesh Women's Football Team will leave Dhaka for Myanmar today (Monday) to participate in the Group C Round-1 matches of the Asian Qualifiers of the Women's Olympics Football Tournament Tokyo-2020 beginning in Yangon on Thursday (November 8), reports UNB.
The Bangladesh team with current FIFA rankings 112th, placed in Asian Group C for the Olympics Qualifiers with hosts Myanmar (rankings 44th), India (59th) and Nepal (109th), will play the inaugural match against top -seeded Myanmar on Thursday at 06:00 pm at the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon.
In the remaining Group C matches, Bangladesh will play India on Sunday (Nov 11) at 03:00 pm and meet Nepal on Tuesday (Nov 13) also at 03:00 pm at the same venue.
In a pre-departure press conference at the BFF office on Sunday, Head Coach of Bangladesh Team Golam Robbani Choton said, "Our team are completely a youthful side studded with U-19 players except captain Sabina Khatun.
All of our opponents are superior to us in rankings. So, we have new challenge in Myanmar."
"Our target is to gather valuable experiences from the meet for the next SAFF. We are regularly playing against India and Nepal. So, we are very much hopeful to make a good fight with them," Chotan further said.
Bangladesh captain Sabina Khatun said, "We will play Myanmar for the first time. We are expecting a good result against India and Nepal, playing a better brand of football."
BFF Member-cum-Chairman of the Women's Wing Mahfuza Akter Kiron, BFF Member-cum-Team Leader of Bangladesh Amirul Islam Babu, BFF Technical & Strategic Director Paul Thomas Smalley, BFF General Secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag and Additional Managing Director of Dhaka Bank Ltd Emranul Haque also spoke on the occasion.
Bangladesh Squad: Sabina Khatun (capt), Mahmuda Akhter, Rupna Chakma, Ruksana Begum, Masura Parvin, Sheuli Azim, Ankhi Khatun, Shamsunnahar, Ritu Porna Chakma, Maria Manda, Mishrat Jahan Mousumi, Israt Jahan Ratna, Monika Chakma, Marzia, Sanjida Akhter, Tohura Khatun, Sirat Jahan Shopna, Krishna Rani Sarkar, Razia Khatun and Nargis Khatun.