Jumbangla Desk: Bangladesh beat Maldives 2-1 in FIFA international friendly football match. Tapu Burmans conceded the first goal in the match held at Kings Arena on Saturday (November 16). However, Johnny's goal returned to equality and Bangladesh went into the break. After the end of the scheduled time, the red-green representatives left the field with a goal scored by Papan in extra time.
Bangladesh dominated the game from the start. Kabrera made a change to the eleven of the previous match. Mujibur Rahman Johnny got a chance to replace Syed Kazem Kirmani. He scored the equalizing goal before the end of the first half.
Bangladesh attacked the box of Maldives in the sixth minute of the match. Johnny attacked from the right flank. However, the hosts could not take advantage of his pass. However, Maldives took advantage of Tapu Burman's wrong pass. Bangladesh fell behind 1-0 after 24 minutes of the game due to his mistakes. As in the previous match, Ali Fasir put Maldives ahead.
2 minutes before the end of the first half, Fahim's pass with Morsalin hit Johnny's feet. From there, he took the ball and took a strong shot at the goal, fooling the four defenders of the opponent in front. The Maldivian goalkeeper swung to the right and tried to block it, but he couldn't reach the ball. Bangladesh equalized before the break.
After the break, both teams continued to play in an aggressive manner. However, the forwards of both teams failed to get past the opponent's defense.
The hosts missed an easy chance to score 2 minutes before the end of the allotted time. Tapu Burman failed to head the ball from Rehmat Mia's cross.
Papon scored the winning goal in extra time after the scheduled time of the match. Shahriar Emon's high ball made Bangladesh happy with a great header from inside the D-box.
It should be noted that Bangladesh played two friendly matches against Maldives with the aim of improving the ranking in view of the draw of the third round of Asian Cup qualifiers. The hosts ended the international break with a win in the last match despite losing one game.
