U-16 women's team suffer 2nd defeat

The Bangladesh U-16 women's team's preparation for September's AFC U-16 Women's Championship in Thailand continued an inauspicious trend as they lost their second practice match against Sakai Academy team by a crushing 5-0 margin in Osaka yesterday.

They had suffered a 4-2 defeat in the first of three practice games against the same opponents on Monday.

Things only got worse yesterday as the Bangladesh girls, who had earlier visited Osaka in January to play in the J-Green Sakai Lady's Festival, conceded the first goal in the 38th minute, but unlike in the first game, they could not find the net as Sakai Academy added four goals in the second half.

The home team added goals in pairs, striking in the 63rd and 68th minutes before closing things of with two more goals in the 83rd and 88th minutes.