Bangladesh girls make history, clinch SAFF title

Bangladesh women’s team on Monday won their maiden title of the SAFF Women’s Championship beating host Nepal by 3-1 goals in the final held at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium.

With this win, Bangladesh has also broken five time SAFF champions India’s one-sided dominance in the championship who were knocked out early by host Nepal in the semifinal.

It was another stunning performance by the Sabina and Co. in the final following the winning consistency all through the tournament, BSS reports.

Apart from Krishna Rani Sarkar two goals, substitute forward Shamsunnahar Jr supported her with a lone goal to give Bangladesh an early lead and eventually propel Bangladesh to win the SAFF title, breaking the hearts of the Nepalese who appeared their fifth finals since the championship started in 2010.

Bangladesh girls passed the test of strength in title fight of the final. Both teams played enjoyable football throughout the match, but Nepal hardly failed to offer any resistance against Bangladesh in the game and finally
Bangladesh created history by claiming the South Asian football’s supremacy.

On a rain-soaked ground following heavy rain, substitute Shamsunnahar Jr. put the first blood for Bangladesh in the 14th minute with a superb top off a cross from Monika Chakma, four minutes after coming off the bench to replace experienced forward injured Sirat Jahan Swapna, who was earlier included in the best eleven ending all the speculation.