Bangladesh beat Lebanon 2- 0
Dhaka, July 28: Welcome to Bangladesh and Bangabandhu National Stadium.
The second leg of World Cup qualifier between Bangladesh and Lebanon is
about to commence. The kick-off time is 6:00 pm (BST).
The first leg was held at Beirut Camille Chamoun Stadium on July 23rd.
Lebanon won 4-0. Hassan Maatouk 16', Mahmoud El Ali 27', Ali Al Saadi
55', Tarek El Ali 64' were the scorers.
Today’s XI
Bangladesh-Mamun Khan, Mishu, Reza, Sujan (C), Ariful, Mamunul,Pranotosh,Mithun, Jahid, Raju, Emily
Lebanon- Elias Freijeh, Ali Al Saadi , Ramez Dyoub, Walid Ismail,Khodr Salameh (C)
Hassan Maatouk, Zakaria Charara, Hamze Abboud, Hamzeh Salameh, Akram Moghrabi, Mahmoud El Ali
The match is about to start, teams waiting for national anthem.
Right at 6:00 pm. the game has kicked off.
4 min- Zakaria corner Ali al Sadi headed wide.
5 min- Jahid 20 yarder from the edge of the box, Frieze punch to safety.
8 min-Emily low cross form the right flank, Mithun's toe pock misses the sidepost by whisker.
15 min- Ball most of the time remain in the midfield, both teams taking time.
20 min- still goalless, Bangladesh pressing hard but Lebanon defending is solid
25 min- No change of scenario, teams looking for loopholes. Bd defender Arif gets an yellow card
30 min- BD makes road in the Lebanon defence, Jahid's back pass, Mithun
floated the ball over the crosspiece from the inside edge of the box
31 min- Bangladesh makes first change, Jahid out, Shakil in
40 min- Lebanon looking a little bit tired, Bangladesh however cant go
past the opposition defence, BD midfielder Raju shown a yellow card for a
rough charge on Khodre Salameh
41 min- BD midfielder Mamunul tries a 20 yarder but it sails over the crosspiece
End of First half- Bangladesh was the dominating side, Lebanon rarely
threatened Bangladesh but Bangladesh attackers lacked the instinct to
score a goal, plenty of drama in the two minute added time.
Emily fed Raju in the right flank of the Lebanon box, Raju shoots but
the ball went wide, in the counterattack Mahmoud El Ali finds BD goalie
Mamun alone but Mamun dives into Ali’s feet to save his team
Tthe first half ends goalless.
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The second half has started, the scoreline is 0-0
52 Min- GOAL.Bangaldesh scores. Shakil sneaks through the defence and
feed Mithum a nice through pass. Mithun shots to Elias Frieje,the
Lebanese goalie punchs the ball but Mithun places the rebound into the
net (1-0)
57 min- Lebanon on the attack. Hamze Abboud's through pass to Mahmoud el
Ali, BD goalie Mamun Khan comes forward and closes the gap and dives to
send the ball to safety
58 min- Bangladesh's second change. Pranotosh out, Abdul Baten Komol in
65 min- Lebanon trying to pile pressure, Bangladesh defenders having a
hectic time, Zakaira Charara substitued, Molhammad Hammoud comes in
Bangladesh also makes the last change defender Reza comes out, Nasir
takes his place
69 min- Bangladesh attack. Midfielder Shakil cuts a ball behind the
Lebanon defence Raju's quick drive from the top of the box fisted away
by Freije
73 min- Mahmoud el Ali misses a goal. Capitalizing an fumble of defence
Ali dashes through the midfield but Shujon cuts the line of the ball and
Ali's placing hits goalie Mamun's hand and sets a corner
78 min-Nasir dances down the right flank, cuts the ball back to Mithun, Emily shots but goes straight to Freije
80 min- Lebanon substitution. Akram Moghrabi out, Zouhair Abdallah in
82 min- Mahmoud El Ali unfortunate again. his placing from the middle of
the box but rolls outside the sidepost,Mamun was beaten while coming
forward
87 min- BANGLADESH GOES TWO UP. Komol curves a nice cross form the right
hand flag and Emily heads it past Freije in the near post (2-0)
90+ Lebanon substitution. Matouk Hasan out, Imad Miri in
The match is over Bangladesh wins 2-0. However Bangladesh fails to go
through the next round as the match aggregate is Lebanon-4 Bangladesh-2.
However the victory will provide Bangladesh stimuli to go forward.
Thanks Again