Bangladesh had a couple of chances after going behind and eventually scored the equaliser in the 26th minute. Chinese Taipei defender Chen Chiao-Yi brought down Krishna, who looked threatening inside the box on numerous occasions. Chen received her second yellow card for the foul as they were reduced to 10 players. Shamsunnahar made no mistake from the spot.
Skipper Krishna earned another penalty in the 38th minute from which Shamsunnahar gave the home side the lead with a solid effort. This time, Chinese Taipei skipper Su fouled the Bangladesh midfielder at the edge of the box.
Later in the second half, Bangladesh continued to dominate their opponents. Krishna extended the lead 11 minutes into the second half with a classic left-footer after striker Anuching Mogini split the opposition defence with a superb lob to set the midfielder up inside the box.
Marzia Khatun sealed victory in the 78th minute, sending the ball home from a yard away during a goal-mouth melee.
Chinese Taipei managed to pull one back two minutes before the stipulated time through their midfielder Wu Yu-Jou, but it was too little, too late.
They were then reduced to nine players when defender Teng Pei-Lin received her marching order in the 90th minute.
Bangladesh will play against United Arab Emirates in their last group match at the same venue on Monday at 11am.Golam Rabbani Choton, Bangladesh head coach"Our girls proved that they are the best team in this group. I salute them for their historical achievement.
"Not only women’s football but they also took the country’s football to a certain level. We won two tournaments previously but I think this time around, our team improved match by match and they dominated the game, even on a heavy surface caused due to rain.
"Though we conceded an early goal, we never lost the tempo and put immense pressure to destroy such a strong team like Chinese Taipei.
"We faced many questions over the nutrition problem of the girls in the past but I just want to say one thing – these girls worked hard to put such an obstacle behind and proved that they are better physically than the other teams, who are ranked higher than us in the ranking.
"When I took charge of women’s football seven or eight years ago, we saw some people laughing when they saw the women playing. I told the girls on the very first day of training that you have to run fast to play football. I think it worked out well.
"When I picked nine players from this team in the national team for the South Asian Games, many asked me questions. But I selected them in order to give some international exposure and I think it helped them to play better here.
"I like to remember our former chairman of the women’s wing, Sirajul Islam Bacchu, who did lots of work to develop women’s football. If he was alive, he would be the happiest man of the world today."Bangladesh girls created history by qualifying for the final round of the 2017 Asian Football Confederation Under-16 Women’s Championship after beating Chinese Taipei 4-2 in the Group C qualifiers at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday.
It is the first instance of a Bangladesh women’s football side progressing to the final round of a AFC tournament.
The victory put them solely at the summit of Group C with 12 points from four matches and with a game in hand, they qualified for the final round, scheduled to be held in Thailand or China next year. In the final round, eight Asian sides will battle against each other for the U-16 women's title.
The girls in red and green exhibited an impressive display to come from an early goal deficit and salvage three vital points, in the process maintaining their hundred percent record in the event.
Before Saturday's game, Chinese Taipei won all of their three matches, scoring 21 goals, but they were helpless in the face of some brilliant attacks by the Bangladesh girls, who dominated large parts of the tie.
Earlier in the first half, defender Shamsunnahar netted a brace as Bangladesh took a much-deserved 2-1 lead.
Both the Bangladesh goals came from the penalty spot. The spot-kicks were earned by captain Krishna Rani Sarkar, who has been in brilliant form throughout the tournament, scoring five goals so far. Shamsunnahar calmly converted the penalties to spark wild celebrations in the dugout.
The hosts began the game brightly but a sudden attack against the run of play in the 11th minute enabled the visitors to go ahead. Captain Su Yu-Hsuan took a sudden strike from 20 yards out and it flew over Bangladesh goalkeeper Mahmuda Akter into the back of the net.
Bangladesh had a couple of chances after going behind and eventually scored the equaliser in the 26th minute. Chinese Taipei defender Chen Chiao-Yi brought down Krishna, who looked threatening inside the box on numerous occasions. Chen received her second yellow card for the foul as they were reduced to 10 players. Shamsunnahar made no mistake from the spot.
Skipper Krishna earned another penalty in the 38th minute from which Shamsunnahar gave the home side the lead with a solid effort. This time, Chinese Taipei skipper Su fouled the Bangladesh midfielder at the edge of the box.
Later in the second half, Bangladesh continued to dominate their opponents. Krishna extended the lead 11 minutes into the second half with a classic left-footer after striker Anuching Mogini split the opposition defence with a superb lob to set the midfielder up inside the box.
Marzia Khatun sealed victory in the 78th minute, sending the ball home from a yard away during a goal-mouth melee.
Chinese Taipei managed to pull one back two minutes before the stipulated time through their midfielder Wu Yu-Jou, but it was too little, too late.
They were then reduced to nine players when defender Teng Pei-Lin received her marching order in the 90th minute.
Bangladesh will play against United Arab Emirates in their last group match at the same venue on Monday at 11am.Golam Rabbani Choton, Bangladesh head coach"Our girls proved that they are the best team in this group. I salute them for their historical achievement.
"Not only women’s football but they also took the country’s football to a certain level. We won two tournaments previously but I think this time around, our team improved match by match and they dominated the game, even on a heavy surface caused due to rain.
"Though we conceded an early goal, we never lost the tempo and put immense pressure to destroy such a strong team like Chinese Taipei.
"We faced many questions over the nutrition problem of the girls in the past but I just want to say one thing – these girls worked hard to put such an obstacle behind and proved that they are better physically than the other teams, who are ranked higher than us in the ranking.
"When I took charge of women’s football seven or eight years ago, we saw some people laughing when they saw the women playing. I told the girls on the very first day of training that you have to run fast to play football. I think it worked out well.
"When I picked nine players from this team in the national team for the South Asian Games, many asked me questions. But I selected them in order to give some international exposure and I think it helped them to play better here.
"I like to remember our former chairman of the women’s wing, Sirajul Islam Bacchu, who did lots of work to develop women’s football. If he was alive, he would be the happiest man of the world today."
Bangladesh had a couple of chances after going behind and eventually scored the equaliser in the 26th minute. Chinese Taipei defender Chen Chiao-Yi brought down Krishna, who looked threatening inside the box on numerous occasions. Chen received her second yellow card for the foul as they were reduced to 10 players. Shamsunnahar made no mistake from the spot.
Skipper Krishna earned another penalty in the 38th minute from which Shamsunnahar gave the home side the lead with a solid effort. This time, Chinese Taipei skipper Su fouled the Bangladesh midfielder at the edge of the box.
Later in the second half, Bangladesh continued to dominate their opponents. Krishna extended the lead 11 minutes into the second half with a classic left-footer after striker Anuching Mogini split the opposition defence with a superb lob to set the midfielder up inside the box.
Marzia Khatun sealed victory in the 78th minute, sending the ball home from a yard away during a goal-mouth melee.
Chinese Taipei managed to pull one back two minutes before the stipulated time through their midfielder Wu Yu-Jou, but it was too little, too late.
They were then reduced to nine players when defender Teng Pei-Lin received her marching order in the 90th minute.
Bangladesh will play against United Arab Emirates in their last group match at the same venue on Monday at 11am.Golam Rabbani Choton, Bangladesh head coach"Our girls proved that they are the best team in this group. I salute them for their historical achievement.
"Not only women’s football but they also took the country’s football to a certain level. We won two tournaments previously but I think this time around, our team improved match by match and they dominated the game, even on a heavy surface caused due to rain.
"Though we conceded an early goal, we never lost the tempo and put immense pressure to destroy such a strong team like Chinese Taipei.
"We faced many questions over the nutrition problem of the girls in the past but I just want to say one thing – these girls worked hard to put such an obstacle behind and proved that they are better physically than the other teams, who are ranked higher than us in the ranking.
"When I took charge of women’s football seven or eight years ago, we saw some people laughing when they saw the women playing. I told the girls on the very first day of training that you have to run fast to play football. I think it worked out well.
"When I picked nine players from this team in the national team for the South Asian Games, many asked me questions. But I selected them in order to give some international exposure and I think it helped them to play better here.
"I like to remember our former chairman of the women’s wing, Sirajul Islam Bacchu, who did lots of work to develop women’s football. If he was alive, he would be the happiest man of the world today."