KATHMANDU: Nepal entered into semifinals of the SAFF Women’s Championship 2019 after defeating Bangladesh 3-0. Nepal entered into semifinals as a group winner. Despite losing the game to Nepal, Bangladesh is also promoted to semifinals as a group runner-up.
Nepal took a lead following a suicide goal from Masura Pravin in the 6th minute of the match. Sabita Bhandari exerted pressure on the opponent in the 23 minute while Manjali Yonjan widened the gap in the 28th minute.
Nepal could not score more goals in the second half. Bangladesh played the well-improved game but could not score any goals.
Nepal’s skipper, Niru Thapa earlier said, “We have good players in the team and we need to play as a team.”
“Bangladesh is a good team. We need to increase our pace and play a technical game against them,” added the skipper.
On Sunday, India will play against Sri Lanka to determine the group winner. Nepal will now take on runner-up team of Group B in semifinals on March 20.
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