Bangladesh U-17 football team’s hope of
playing the final of the SAFF U-17 Championship shattered as they went down a
1-2 goal defeat to India U-17 football team in the first semifinal held today
(Monday) at Racecourse Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
After the barren first half, Gangte finally broke the deadlock scoring
the first goal for India in the 51st minute and he doubled the lead for the
winning side scoring another goal in the 59th minute of the match.
Mirajul Islam of Bangladesh pulled one back scoring a lone goal from a
penalty in the 63rd minute of the match.
Earlier, Bangladesh U-17 soccer team got off to a flying start as they
thrashed host Sri Lanka by 5-1 goals their opening group A match and blanked
the Maldives by 5-0 goals to confirmed their spot of semifinal as the group A
champions.
While group B runners-up India started the tournament campaign with a 3-0
win over Bhutan, but suffered a 1-3 goal defeat to Nepal in their second
group match.
