Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Year : 2, Issue : 11
Bangladesh regained the title of SAFF Women’s U-16 Championship, beating India 3-2 on penalties in the final in Kathmandu on March 10.
Goalkeeper Yearzan Begum became the star of the final, stopping three attempts after Bangladesh had fought back from a goal down to force the match into a tiebreaker. Yearzan stopped three attempts as missed efforts from the team’s two best players – Sauravi Akanda Prity and Alpi Akter – didn’t eventually come back to haunt the girls in red and green.
Bangladesh had remained unbeaten throughout the championship, having gone into the final with an all-win record including a 3-1 win over their final opponents in the round robin stage.
