The high flying hosts will face a tough test when they face the strong India side in their third match AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2015 qualifiers at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today at 5pm.
The Bangladesh U-16 women’s showed immense progress and displayed beautiful ‘passing’ football in their first two matches picking wins against Jordan and United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, playing against India who are ranked 67 places above them in the Fifa women’s football ranking won’t be an easy task.
Momentum is the key and home side coach Golam Rabbani Choton also emphasised on continuing their free flowing game.
“The way we played against Jordan and UAE in our last two matches, we want to keep up the momentum and continue play like that. If we can repeat similar performance and rectify the mistakes we have done on those matches, we can produce a positive result,” said choton after their training session at the Buet field yesterday. He also revealed to follow a zonal marking strategy against India.
“We know India is very strong opponents, but I believe, if my players can play in accordance with their ability and can execute their technique, anything can happen.”
India, who were considered one of the favourites to qualify from the group, are also looking forward to registering their first victory after they lost to Iran 1-2 in their only match so far.
Meanwhile in the day’s first match, Jordan will play against UAE at 2pm at the same venue.