Bangladesh loses the match against Qatar in World Cup qualifier

Qatar scored 5 goals against Bangladesh to win the World Cup 2020 qualifying AFC Group E match at Abdullah bin Khalifa stadium which kicked off at 10 pm (Bangladesh standard time). Bangladesh was unable to score a goal. Qatar wins the match and assures a place in the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Finals.

Anisur Rahman Zico saved quite a good number of goals for Bangladesh. The Bangladesh National Team performed hard and played defense but Qatar Football Team was quite overpowering. Bangladesh defended Qatar for some time in the second half of the match. But in the end, in the 62nd minute, Qatar gets advantage due to a penalty. Zico suffered a thigh injury early in the match, which prevented him from saving many goals in the second half. However, he has saved 3-4 goals with injury in the second half.

From Qatar, Abdulaziz Hatem scored the first goal of the match in the 9th minute of the game and Akram Afif who scored the second goal in the 33rd minute of the first half. The score for the match was 2-0 at the end of the first half in favor of Qatar.

In the second half, Almoez Ali scored two goals - one in the 72nd minute which was a penalty shot and another one in the 78th minute. The last and final goal of the match was scored by Akram Afif in the 90+2 minute of the match.

Head Coach Jamie Day spoke to the press regarding the match, He said that “They are Asian champions, they had 4 months to prepare themselves but we had few weeks of preparation. I am really proud of the aboys; they gave their best in the match.”

Bangladesh will be facing India and Afghanistan for more friendly matches. Details will be given later.
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