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At one stage, the tourist were trailing 3-0 having shipped two goals within half and hour, but the junior Bengal Tigers in red and green showed courage to come back with two quick goals in the second half. Bangladesh conceded the opening goal with only five minutes into the clock when a shaky defensive display from the visiting side allowed Nepal forward Akash Buda Magar to score from close range following Randip Paudel’s low cross.
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Akash doubled the lead at the half hour mark after a shocking blunder from goalkeeper Emon Hawladar. The ball was within touching distance of Emon but the keeper and the nearby defender failed to block the cross as Akash made no mistake tapping home from close range.
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The third goal came as more of a shocker for Bangladesh as defender Nazmul Biswas sent the ball into his own net while trying to clear Karlos Bakariya’s cross from the right flank. Bangladesh managed to reduce the margin, netting two goals in the 72nd and 73rd minute, and both came through in-form forward Faysal Ahmed. Faysal took a free-kick outside the right side of the box that beat the Nepal custodian. Faysal pulled another back a minute later with a simple tap-in.The home side sealed victory in the sixth minute of injury time after Birjesh Chaudhary beat Emon to find the back of the net. Bangladesh will play their last match of the event on Sunday in the third-place deciding match against Bhutan, who they had beat in the group stage 3-0. Nepal will face India in the final on the same day.RESULTBangladesh U15 2 (Faysal 72, 73) 4 Nepal U15 (Akash 5, 30, Nazmul 64 - OG, Brijesh 90+6)
