Bangladesh concluded their 2018 Fifa World Cup second round qualifiers with a comprehensive 8-0 defeat against Jordan at Amman International Stadium yesterday.
It was the Bengal Tigers’ biggest loss in the qualifiers. The men in red and green finished their qualifying campaign with only a single point from eight matches.
In the day’s other Group B encounter, Asian champions Australia thrashed Tajikistan 7-0 at home. The Socceroos remained at the top of the group with 18 points, two more than second-placed Jordan. Australia and Jordan will face each other in a couple of days’ time to determine which of the two sides finish as the group champions.
Bangladesh’s temporary head coach, Spaniard Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno fielded an unusual starting XI with only Atiqur Rahman Meshu, Ariful Islam, Shakil Ahmed, Shahedul Islam Shahed, Jamal Bhuiyan and Rayhan Hasan the regular faces in the line-up.
Hamza al Dardour netted a hattrick for the home side while Abdallah Deeb, Yusef al Rawashdeh, Baha Faisal, Yousef al Naber and Ahmed Samir adding one apiece.