Bangladesh Under-19 National Women’s Football team will take on Laos in grand final of the prestigious Bangamata U-19 Women’s International Gold Cup Football scheduled to be held today (Friday) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.
The match kicks off at 6 pm.
President M Abdul Hamid will be the chief guest of the final and distribute the prizes.
Addressing at a pre match press conference held on Thursday at conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation House, both the team’s coaches optimistic on winning the trophy of the tournament.
Vongmisay Soubouakham, the 31-year-old coach of the U-19 Women’s team of Laos, said it will be a pretty close contest between Laos and Bangladesh in the final.
He also said there will be a fifty-fifty chance of the two teams in the final.
On the other hand, Bangladesh U-19 team’s head coach Golam Robbani Choton however bold enough to come forward one step ahead by saying that his team are favorite in the final.
Earlier, the girls in red and green made an auspicious start in the tournament as they blanked UAE by 2-0 goals in their group opening match and defeated Kyrgyzstan by 2-1 goals in their group second match to emerge group top.
The hosts got the ticket of the final beating Mongolia by 3-0 goals in the second semi-final.
On the other hand, Laos thrashed Mongolia 5-0 goals in their group opening match and drubbed Tajikistan by 6-0 goals intheir second match to emerge group top.
They confirmed their final of the tournament crushing Kyrgyzstan by 7-1 goals in the first semi-final.
Meanwhile, the tickets of the final have been estimated at Taka 50 for gallery and Taka 200 for VIP. The tickets will be available on the match day at the stadium counters.
The six-nation tournament has begun at BNS on April 22 with the participation of Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Tajikistan, UAE and hosts Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Under-19 National Women’s Football team: Sadia Akter, MahmudaAkter, Rupna Chakma, Yeamin Akter, Masura Pervin, Mossammot Akhi Khatun, Mossammot Nargis Khatun, Sheuli Azim, Misrat Jahan Moushumi, Shamsunnahar, Nilifar Yeasmin, Nila, Nazma Akter, Maria Manda, Monika Chakma, Israt Jahan Ratna, Marzia, Mossamot Rajia Khatun, Sanjida Akter, Sirat Jahan Shoipna, Krishna Rani Sarkar, Shamsunnahar, SajedaKhatun, Tohura Khatun and Mossamot Sultana.
