High-flying girls take on Nepal today

Following their record 17-0 victory over Pakistan which sealed them a place in the semifinals, Bangladesh are looking forward to another victory to emerge champions of Group B when they take on Nepal in the SAFF U-18 Women's Championship in Thimphu today.

The match will get underway at the Changlimithang Stadium at 7:00pm Bangladesh time.

A draw would be enough for the girls in red and green to emerge group champions, but coach Golam Rabbani Choton is confident his charges can pull off a victory today.

“The girls did everything according to plan against Pakistan. We knew we would be through to semifinals with a win and we also had the goal-margin issue in mind,” the coach said after the win against Pakistan. “Now we face Nepal who are a good team, but we will be fully prepared and will play for a victory.”

The team had gym and conditioning session in the morning before having light practice session in the evening yesterday. The players were all in good spirits ahead of this match.

Striker Sirat Jahan Shopna, who scored seven of the 17 goals against Pakistan, said they would try to capitalise on every chance they get against Nepal.

“We scored a lot of goals against Pakistan, but we missed a few too. However, we have achieved what we wanted to from this match. Nepal are a good time, but we will give our best to win the match,” the striker said.