Hosts Bangladesh made a flying start in Group F of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship crushing Bahrain by 10-0 goals in their first match at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur, Dhaka on Monday (Sep 17).
Bangladesh emerged champions in the AFC U-16 Championship two years back in Dhaka to qualify for the prestigious final round of the Asian meet.
In the day’s other match, Lebanon earned the second consecutive victory beating United Arab Emirates by 6-3 goals at the same venue Monday featuring a hat-trick by Assaf with four goals.
By virtue of the day’s well merited victory, Bangladesh were in the second slot in the five-team fray securing full three points from first match while Bahrain suffered the second consecutive defeat to remain at the bottom of the group without any points. Lebanon dominated the Group F with full six points from two matches.
In the day’s match, Shamsunahar Junior, skipper Maria Manda and Anuching Mogini scored two goals each while Anai Mogini, Sajeda Khantun, Shamsunnahar Sr and Tohura Khantun netted one goal each for Bangladesh.
In the remaining Group matches, Bangladesh will play Lebanon on Sep 19, the UAE on Sep 21 and face Vietnam in the last group match on Sep 23.
On Saturday, Lebanon made a flying start in the meet outplaying Bahrain by 8-0 goals in opening Group F qualifier while favorite Vietnam got off a 4-0 win against United Arab Emirates in the other opening day’s fixture at the same venue.
