What you should know
Bangladesh have won the SAFF U-20 Women's Championship on home soil. Now it's hard to say, this team is fully entitled to the title. Monday's match at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka was decisive, so it remained an undeclared final.
In this, Bangladesh defeated Nepal by 4-0 with a good performance. It will also be called 'Sagorica 4-0 Nepal'. The
tournament was disappointing for Nepal in many ways. Because the Nepali team was defeated in both matches against Bangladesh. In the double round robin tournament, Nepal lost 3-2 to Bangladesh in the first match. What is a happy achievement for Nepal is that some such players have been prepared for the future, who will be able to take the place of the Nepali women's national team.
Poornima Rai was the top scorer of the tournament. She scored 10 goals. To win the title, Nepal needed a decisive victory over Bangladesh in the last game of the tournament and the unannounced final. But Bangladesh did not leave any such opportunity. In many ways, the team was able to perform professionally. Sagarika was the heroine in Bangladesh's impressive win. She scored four goals with a hat trick.
She returned to the team after a three-match ban. She proved her worth. Sagorika, who is a member of the Bangladesh national team, scored goals in the 8th, 51st, 58th and 77th minutes of the match. This was his second hat-trick in the tournament. She was also declared the best player of the tournament. After this result, Bangladesh won all 6 matches. Being at the top by collecting 18 points, he managed to become the champion.
Bangladeshi players celebrating after Sagorika scored against Nepal. Photo: Saaf
Nepal was limited to 12 points and finished second. Nepal was easily victorious over Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka went scoreless while Bhutan had 6 points in the tournament.
Bhutan beat Sri Lanka 5-0 in the first match of the day. Both of Bhutan's wins were against Sri Lanka. On the other hand, Bangladesh managed to become the winner for the fifth time in this age group tournament of South Asian women's football.
Sagarika opened the scoring in the 8th minute by covering the chance of Nepali goalkeeper Sujata Tamang going forward without giving any chance. Purnima's shot in the 19th minute hit the post and returned. This was the best opportunity Nepal ever created. Sagorica added the second goal in the 51st minute of the game. For this, she 'turned' Umla Marma's pass beautifully.
Seven minutes later, Sagarika completed the hat-trick. For that, she sweetly utilized Joynob Bibi Rita's long pass. 13 minutes before the end of the match, Sagarika also completed the formality of the fourth goal. She scored the goal through Munki Akhtar's pass. She scored a total of 8 goals in the tournament and proved herself as the 'Golden Girl' of Bangladeshi football.
Sagarika's reaction after the game was, "If Bangladeshi football is to move forward, a performance like this is necessary. I am very happy that I am the best player of the tournament even though I played only three matches. On the other hand, Purnima from Nepal expressed her sadness at the team's defeat even though she was the top scorer. She said, "This competition has become a great education for us. We will try to play better in the coming days and present ourselves strongly.'
