Bangladesh U-15 women's team will face Iran Saturday in their second match of the Jockey CGI Youth Football Tournament 2018 in Hong Kong. The game gets underway at 9:30am, Bangladesh standard time.
Despite being physically inferior to Malaysia, the Bangladesh girls exhibited a great performance on their way to a comprehensive 10-1 win Friday.
Bangladesh head coach Golam Rabbani Choton, who deployed a 4-4-2 formation against Malaysia, said following their opening match of the tournament: "The girls are playing superbly and gave their 100% effort against Malaysia. Three players made their debut in the game – Shohagi [Kisku], Munni [Akter] and Rumi [Akter]. They played a fantastic game, along with their team mates. Our team made a good start. Now we will take each game as it comes.
"We will try our best to win. Our next match is against Iran. They are a strong team. We are serious about our next game. We will try to continue our winning streak in the next match. Please pray for us.”
Iran, who lost their opening game against host Hong Kong 1-0, will pose a strong test of Bangladesh's credential, said Shohagi, who made her international debut against the Malaysians.
"I am very happy with this big win in my first international game. We have to be very careful in our next game against Iran. I will try to give my best effort,” said Shohagi.