Touring Bangladesh suffered a humiliating 0-5 goals defeat in their away match of the FIFA World Cup/Asia Cup Qualifiers to hosts Tajikistan at the Republican Central Stadium in Dushanbe on Thursday.
Tajik forward Manuchehr Dzhalilov made a hat-trick scoring four goals in the 16th, 26th, 59th and 73rd minute while Akhtam Nazarov netted the other goal from a penalty in the 51st minute.
In the remaining group matches, Bangladesh will play giant Australia in their home match on November 17 and meet Jordan in their away match on March 24 next year.
Bangladesh, which started the day’s match aiming to snatch point from hosts Tajikistan to keep their hope alive for playing the Asia Cup Qualifiers directly, failed to make any resistance against the home team although they reached Dushanbe six days before the match to adjust with the local conditions.
In their home match at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on June 16, Bangladesh played to a 1-1 draw against Tajikistan after conceding a goal in the dying moment.
Satellite TV network Channel 9 telecast the match live on Thursday.
In the five-team Asian Group B, Bangladesh remained at the bottom securing only one point from six matches while Tajikistan were in the 4th slot bagging five points from six matches.
Jordan tops the group list with unbeaten record collecting 13 points from five matches while four-time World Cup playing and Asian champions Australia follow them securing 12 points from five matches.
Earlier, Bangladesh conceded 1-3 defeat to Kyrgyzstan and suffered 0-4 defeat against group leader Jordan in their home matches while they suffered 0-5 defeat against Australia and 0-2 defeat against Kyrgyzstan in their away matches.
Yellow card: Nasirul Islam (Bangladesh).
Bangladesh team: Sahidul Alam (GK), Rayhan Hasan, Nasirul Islam, Jamal Bhuiyan, Mamunul Islam (C), Hemonto Vincent, Kasto Kumar Bosh Abdul Baten Mojumder Komol, Toklis Ahmed (Sohel Rana), Shakawat Hossain Rony (Masuk Miah Zoni) and Nabib Newaj Zibon.
