The latest sorrow came Sunday in the Saff U-18 Championship grand finale where Bangladesh U-18 football team conceded a painful 2-1 defeat against their Indian counterparts, despite playing a little less than an hour with nine men. Bangladesh began the game in the worst possible manner as India went ahead in just the second minute through Vikram Pratap Singh. Despite being a man less than India, Bangladesh fought bravely till the end, registering one attack after another and resisting the opposition’s threats, before disaster struck right at the death. Meanwhile in the third-place playoff, Maldives edged Bhutan 1-0, Ibrahim Imran netting the all-important goal in the 75th minute. RESULTBANGLADESH U-18 1 (Arafat 39) INDIA U-18 2 (Vikram 2, Givson 90+1)

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 29, 2019 17:15 UTC