Bangladesh girls continued their brilliant run at the 2019 AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers, thrashing the UAE 7-0 at Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Sipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka Friday (Sep 21). After winning their third consecutive match, the girls in red and green went joint top of Group F, alongside Vietnam.
Forward Anuching Mogini scored a first half hat-trick as Bangladesh put seven goals past UAE in the AFC U-16 Women's Championship Qualifiers at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Friday.
Shamsunnahar opened the scoring for Bangladesh with a penalty kick in the seventh minute after Tahura Khatun was fouled inside the box.
Anuching Mogini then wrecked havoc, bagging her hat-trick in the space of 10 minutes. The girl from Rangamati grabbed her first goal in the 26th minute when she headed home a cross from Akhi Khatun, makeshift captain of Bangladesh in the absence of regular skipper Maria Manda.
In the 35th minute, Anuching notched her second, after connecting yet another header, this time from her elder sister Anai. Just a minute later, Anuching completed her hat-trick in stunning fashion from a bicycle kick, following another Anai assist.
UAE defender Aaliya Humaid scored an own goal in extra time of the first half which ended 5-0 in favour of Bangladesh.
Anai Mogini made it half a dozen for Bangladesh in the 72nd minute. Substitute forward Ila Moni completed the rout in the dying stages of the game when she shot home after the UAE goalie parried away Akhi’s strike.
In the day's other match, Vietnam thumped Lebanon by the same scoreline.
Bangladesh, who are pitted in Group F, have won their first two matches, beating Bahrain and Lebanon 10-0 and 8-0 respectively. After winning their third consecutive match, the girls in red and green went joint top of Group F, alongside Vietnam.
Both the teams are locked on nine points each and have an identical goal difference of +25.
The six group champions will qualify for the final round, along with the two best runners-up sides. Bangladesh's tie with Vietnam Sunday (Sep 23) at the same venue therefore, will go a long way in deciding the group champion.
