Bangladesh smartly reached the final of the seven-nation 6th SAFF Women's Championship' 2022 with an all-win record crushing Bhutan 8-0 in the first semifinal at the Dasharath Stadium (Rangasala) in Kathmandu Friday afternoon.
In the day's goal feast, Bangladesh clearly dominated the first half by 4-0 goals. This is the 2nd final berth for Bangladesh in the SAFF Women's Championship after 2016 meet held in the Indian town of Siliguri.
Bangladesh will play the final on September 19 against the winners of five times champions India and host Nepal, in the 2nd semifinal today (Friday) at 5:45 Bangladesh time. Bangladesh dominated the day's match from very beginning to last whistle to earn a convincing victory where Bhutan failed to make any good attempt.
In the day's one-sided semis, captain Sabina Khatun made a hattrick while Sirat Jahan Swapna, Krishna Rani Sarkar, Ritu Porna Chakma, Masura Parvin and Tohura Khatun netted one shot each. Forward Swapna opened the floodgate for Bangladesh in the very 2nd minute after dodging past opponent custodian (1-0).
Captain Sabina doubled the margin in the 28th minute, off a Maria Manda pass (2-0) while Krishna Rani Sarkar scored the 3rd goal in the 30th minute (3-0). Substitute player Ritu Porna scored the 4th goal for Bangladesh five minutes later to dominate the first half (4-0).
Sabina scored her 2nd and the 5th goal for Bangladesh in the 53rd minute (5-0). Masura Parvin netted the 6th goal in the 56th minute by pushing the ball home (6-0). Substitute Tohura Khatun netted the 7th gpal in the 87th minute (7-0).
Captain Sabina, who scored the tournament's first hattrick against Pakistan last Saturday, completed her 2nd hattrick scoring her 3rd and the 8th goal for Banglsdesh in the stoppage time of the match (90+3 minute).
Earlier, Bangladesh qualified for the semifinal as the Group A champions with all-win run securing full nine points from straight three matches.
On way to the semifinal, Bangladesh beat the Maldives by 3-0 in the first match, outplayed Pakistan by 6-0 in the 2nd match and achieved their first-ever victory against Indian National Women's team with a huge margin of 3-0 in the 3nd and last group match.
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