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Football Football: Bangladesh beat Nepal after five years in FIFA friendly
Dhaka, November 14: Bangladesh defeated Nepal 2-0 in a FIFA friendly match at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. The home team won against their Asian opponent after five years in international football. The last victory was in December 2015 in Dhaka in another friendly match.
In 2018, Bangladesh lost to Nepal in Bangabandhu Gold Cup.
They also lost to Nepal in the SA Games football last year.
On Friday, they took an easy 2-0 victory and avenged their previous losses.
According to past records, Bangladesh were the favorite against Nepal.
Coach Jamie Day's players played like favorites, and is leading in the two-match competition 1-0. The second match will be on November 17.
With this match, Bangladesh has returned to international football after 10 months.
Bangladesh was trying to move forward from the beginning and got the result in the tenth minute.
Nabib Newaz Jibon, the country's best forward at the time, scored the goal from Saad Uddin's cross.
Substitute Mahbubur Rahman Sufil doubled the lead in the 79th minute.
Sufil took the through ball of Rahmat Miah and entered the Nepalese box. He made no mistake, sending the ball into the net with a neat kick.
Nepal team tried to return to the match. They also had a couple of good attacks.
But could not break Bangladesh's defence.
The team's coach Balgopal Maharjan said, they want to perform well in Dhaka as before.
Lauding Bangladesh he said the team won after playing better football between the two sides.
Goalkeeper Anisur Rahman Jiku and striker Sumon Raza made their debuts in the match against Nepal. In the first match of the series against Nepal, Jamie Day fielded a very young team.
The result did not disappoint the coach
