Bangladesh Olympic women’s team will be looking forward to bouncing back when they face an experienced India in their second match in the first round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Asian qualifiers at Thuwunna Stadium in Rangoon, Myanmar Sunday at 2:30pm, Bangladesh standard time.
Head coach Golam Rabbani Choton wants his charges to rectify the mistakes from the sorry 5-0 defeat against top-ranked Myanmar in the opening encounter of Group C, and utilise the experience against the south Asian champion.
“India are a proven entity at this level in south Asia. They have senior and experienced players. Although we are a younger side, the girls have been playing together for a long time. We learned a lot from the first game against Myanmar. Hopefully it would be a competitive game.” said Choton.
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Reliable defender Akhi Khatun said, “It will be very competitive. India are strong opponent, and well experienced. We are also now experienced in international level. We want to give our best to win the match for the country.”
Bangladesh are yet to open their account in the group standing while India and Nepal have earned a point each after playing out a 1-1 draw in their first match.
Host Myanmar top the table with three points.
