‘Beating Australia would be better’
After the team returned on Sunday night, Bangladesh striker Tohura Khatun said that nothing would have been sweeter than if had they come home with a victory from their AFC U-16 Women’s Championship match against Australia.
The match against Australia had ended in a 2-2 draw at the IPE Chonburi Stadium in Thailand last Saturday.
“It feels really good as I scored goals [two] against a big team. This jot is different. I was confident that I could capitalise on chances. I had got the chance to score against Thailand but unfortunately the ball deflected from the crossbar. Nothing could have been better than returning home with a win against Australia,” said the fleet-footed striker.
Bangladesh conceded 12 goals while scoring only two during their campaign. They lost against Thailand 1-0 and Japan 9-0 but team coach Golam Rabbani Choton saw lot of positives in his charges’ performance.
“We played against strong opponents. We had to play with our limitations. I think this time we played well. Despite a good showing, we lost the match against Thailand but it was a really tough game against Japan. On the other hand, we could not win the match against Australia though we had the upper hand,” said Choton.
“We knew there were huge expectations as our girls had been playing well at different tournaments but we have to consider the standard of a tournament as well as the strength of the opponents. Our opponents prepared in Europe and their football infrastructure is very high. So if you consider everything you must say our girls did not perform badly,” he added.
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