Bangladesh women’s national football teams head coach Golam Rabbani Choton said that their big win against Turkmenistan in the AFC U-17 Women’s qualifying round is a result of hard working of the players for a long time.
Bangladesh, in a bid to make a room in the qualification phase of the AFC U-17 Women’s championship just crushed Turkmenistan by 6-0 in their first match and their main rivals would be the hosts Singapore, the other strong contenders.
The hosts Singapore likely to be the last but a stiff hurdle for Bangladesh women’s team to cross their way to book a room in the qualification round of the AFC age group women championship.
Bangladesh women made the flying start as it was an expectation from the disciples of the head coach Golam RabbaiChoton. After the half a dozen margin win over the Turkmenistan, they brightened their chance to be the group champions to move into the final qualifiers’ phase.
It’s very much predictable that the hosts Singapore will win their match against Turkmenistan and in this respect the hosts would be a strong hurdle for them to cross the preliminary round to move forward.
In the post-match press meet on Wednesday after the match in Singapore, coach Golam Rabbani Choton said that it was the result of the girls’ longtime experiences and hard work, as they have been playing together from Under-15 age group.
“In fact, it is a result of hard working and experiences of playing together for a long time, they have been playing since Under-15 and played Under-17 tournaments, they have been working hard and training hard every day and that is the secret of their success,” said Choton.
“It’s also a sign that the girls are developing day by day, their improvement graph is very much impressive but they are still young and gathering experiences,” Choton added.
Bangladesh team, who was drawn in the three-team Group D of the Asian pre-qualifiers with Turkmenistan and hosts Singapore, will face the hosts on April 30 at 6:pm(BST) at the same venue.
Singapore will also start their campaign with taking on Turkmenistan today (Friday), if they will win the match with bigger margin, than Bangladesh will face a must win situation in the last match against the host. But if Singapore will draw or win lesser margin, then Bangladesh will also need only a draw to through in the last phase.
Meanwhile, only the leaders of the eight Asian groups will qualify for the qualification round of the meet to be held in September 16-24.
Four top teams from thisphase will earn the rights to play in the eight-team final round of the 2024 AFC U-17 Women’s Asian Cup to be held in Indonesia next year when hosts Indonesia and the top three teams of the previous tournament held in 2019--champions Japan, runners-up North Korea and 3rd ranked China will directly play in the eight-team final round of the meet.
