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Bangladesh girls have thrashed the United Arab Emirates 4-0 to complete an unbeaten qualifying campaign on their way to the 2017 AFC U16 Women's Championship.
Published : 05 Sep 2016, 01:20 PM
Golam Rabbani Choton's team of young stars put up another scintillating display of attacking football to claim all 15 points on offer in Group C on Monday morning.
The home team secured a berth in the finals of next year's AFC event in Thailand with a 4-2 win against Chinese Taipei on Saturday.
Before that Bangladesh had swept past Iran 3-0 and trounced Singapore 5-0 before hitting Kyrgyzstan for 10 as the group champions netted 26 goals and conceded just two in their campaign.
Captain Krishna Rani put Bangladesh ahead in the third minute when she rose above her marker to head in Marzia's corner.
Defender Shamsunnahar failed to convert a spotkick in the 36th minute after Krishna had been brought down inside the UAE box.
Krishna scored her second goal after the break to take her tally to eight goals in the competition.
She slotted in a right footer off a dipping corner of Sanjida Akhter to give Bangladesh a two-goal cushion.
Moments later, forward Anuching Mogini scored her fifth goal of the qualifiers with a fine header after being fed with a piercing floater from Maria Manda.
The Arab girls, who had lost two of their previous four matches, tried to fightback but Sheuli Azim, Nargis Khatun and Masura Khatun maintained a tight defence and did not concede a goal.
Substitute Tohura Khatun then completed the rout in the 87th minute with another header after a cross from Monika Chakma had slipped off the gloves of the UAE goalkeeper.
