Bangladesh made a flying start in the SAFF U-17 Women's Championship with an 8-1 thrashing of Bhutan at the Birshreshtho Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Monday (Mar 20). Trishna Rani and Thuinuye Marma scored two goals apiece while Sultana Akter, Munni Akter and Sauravu Akanda Prity and Sagorika scored one apiece in the thoroughly one-sided affair.
Bangladesh will face Russia, the invited team of the five-team championship, tomorrow while Nepal and Bhutan will square off in the second match on the same day.
Bangladesh took the lead in the 16th minute, with Trishna Rani poking the ball home following a pass from Saurovi Akanda Prity. Trishna doubled Bangladesh's lead in the 28th minute with a brilliant placing shot before Sultana Akter made it 3-0 with a header in the 35th minute.
Prity then joined the goalfest, chipping the ball over the Bhutan keeper into the back of the net after racing through to a lobbed pass inside the box.
Substitute Thuinuye Marma scored the fifth goal in the 59th minute before another substitute, Munni, made it 6-0 a minute after the hour-mark. Preya Ghalley got Bhutan on the scoresheet in the 64th minute but Thuinuye made it 7-1 with a point-blank header and Sagorika wrapped up the victory in the 85th minute.
Earlier in the day, India thrashed defending champions Nepal 4-1 in the opening match of the competition, with Shilji Shahji scoring a hattrick and Pooja getting the other goal. Barsha Oli scored the consolation goal for Nepal.
