The Official everything about Bangladesh Football

[anon4567]

WTF that was foul at 68", should have been a penalty for Bangladesh

[tonmoy.dhaka]

It is not physically possible for any footballer to play their best with only a 2 day gap between games.. not to mention playing all the games in the same pitch also makes the surface really bad.

For Bangladesh football to improve, BFF needs to organise matches (local games) in good quality pitches. That atleast ensures that the football is pleasing to the eye. Once the football is good to watch and competetive, BD will not have any issues finding spectators.

The quality of the two games BD played is really bad otherwise.

[anon4567]

Agreed. 1-0 win is a good outcome, felt like a well balanced game, but fatigue let us down from time to time during counter attacks we couldn't move up fast enough to capitalise. Should really have spaced out games more (and possibly allocated some group games to Chittagong/ Northern Bangladesh). Both teams played the game with a defensive formation.

I must say even comparing to bigger side, our shots from a distance (outside of the penalty box!!) is simply amazing perhaps on-par with many WC playing nations even. We had 12 shots at goal, compared to Pakistan (5).

It seems like we have developed a habit of scoring from long throws (and Biswanath has amazingly accurate throws too). A bit unconventional method of scoring but, hey if that works for us.

[adamnsu]

Was in a business meeting during the match. Heard we won 1-0. Tbh I expected more goals against their lot.

[anon4567]

^ I must say Pakistan had some real quality players. Some play on 2nd Division Danish leagues, one of them in an Australian 3rd Division team and others play for 1st Division teams in Maldives, Malaysia and Cyprus. The GK Yousuf Butt is Canadian-born and even represented the Canada U-20 squad.

But some of their other players were very meh to balance it out.

[tonmoy.dhaka]

Originally Posted by anon4567
Agreed. 1-0 win is a good outcome, felt like a well balanced game, but fatigue let us down from time to time during counter attacks we couldn't move up fast enough to capitalise. Should really have spaced out games more (and possibly allocated some group games to Chittagong/ Northern Bangladesh). Both teams played the game with a defensive formation.

I must say even comparing to bigger side, our shots from a distance (outside of the penalty box!!) is simply amazing perhaps on-par with many WC playing nations even. We had 12 shots at goal, compared to Pakistan (5).

It seems like we have developed a habit of scoring from long throws (and Biswanath has amazingly accurate throws too). A bit unconventional method of scoring but, hey if that works for us.

Check out Rory Delap... his story is amazing. He was so good and accurate with his long throws, that teams proffered giving away corners instead of throw ins...

[Tigers_eye]

The youtube video is repeatation of 6+ minutes ofthe game.

The other link don't work.
What is the result?

[adamnsu]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
The youtube video is repeatation of 6+ minutes ofthe game.

The other link don't work.
What is the result?

Answer lies in the previous comments

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by adamnsu
Answer lies in the previous comments

That is a hearsay. So it is confirmed we won 1-0?

[Tigers_eye]

Nevermind. Got it.
https://www.google.com/search?q=bang...47clp4;dt;fp;1

[tonmoy.dhaka]

Originally Posted by anon4567
^ I must say Pakistan had some real quality players. Some play on 2nd Division Danish leagues, one of them in an Australian 3rd Division team and others play for 1st Division teams in Maldives, Malaysia and Cyprus. The GK Yousuf Butt is Canadian-born and even represented the Canada U-20 squad.

But some of their other players were very meh to balance it out.

Both Pakistan and Afghanistan depend on players in foreign leagues. They do not have any football infrastructure. PFF is rotten to the core and their league is a on-off affair. Players playing in Pakistani league are not pro footballers in most cases. The money is non existent.

[One World]

৫৫তম মিনিটে শহীদের দৃঢ়তায় বেঁচে যায় বাংলাদেশ। বাঁ দিকে থাকা ডিফেন্ডার টুটুল হোসেন বাদশা বলের নিয়ন্ত্রণ নিতে ব্যর্থ হওয়ায় বল পেয়ে যান আলি। পাকিস্তানের এই ফরোয়ার্ডের জোরালো শট কর্নারের বিনিময়ে ফেরান গোলরক্ষক।

ভুটানের বিপক্ষেও হাস্যকর ভুল করেছিলেন বাদশা। ওই ম্যাচের ২৫তম মিনিটে তার ভুলে ডি-বক্সের ভেতর বল পেয়েছিলেন চেনচো গাইয়েলতসেন। অবশ্য ভুটানের ফরোয়ার্ডও সুযোগ কাজে লাগাতে ব্যর্থ হয়েছিলেন।

This is pathetic

[Roey Haque]

Barman saved us from embarrassment.

[Roey Haque]

So far so good, must beat Nepal next.

[adamnsu]

Beating Nepal and India will be a difficult task.

Hope Bhutan beat Pakistan

[mufi_02]

are there any highlights for BD games? thanks

[anon4567]

Highlights

[anon4567]

Need to beat Nepal now, so that losing to Sri Lanka doesn't impact our rankings badly. Nepal are ranked on top of us atm.

[Roey Haque]

^ Yes. Just unbelievable. Gone are the days when we just had to worry about India and Maldives. These days Bd and Nepal is a good contest.

[anon4567]

Originally Posted by Roey Haque
^ Yes. Just unbelievable. Gone are the days when we just had to worry about India and Maldives. These days Bd and Nepal is a good contest.

Greater Bengal has a strong football culture historically, a lot of Indian footballers come from West Bengal and surrounding states.

However unlike Bangladesh, The 90s football craze never died in Calcutta. Just look at the sold-out Salt Lake Stadium in 2018 (85k seating cap. compare that to 36k at Bangabandhu NS) for a match of Muhun Bagan against East Bengal. Their version of Abahani vs Mohammedan, the Dhaka derby.

Abahani-Mohammedan game pulled a record low crowd of just under 100 spectators a couple of years ago (2016 I believe) I read on a news report.

[anon4567]

Also the win against Bhutan was Bangladesh's first win since 2015.

[roman]

Originally Posted by Roey Haque
^ Yes. Just unbelievable. Gone are the days when we just had to worry about India and Maldives. These days Bd and Nepal is a good contest.

Maldives was never a threat to BD in the 80s and 90s. We used to win by big margin against them back then. Our main opponent was only India.

[mufi_02]

Originally Posted by anon4567
Highlights

thanks.

they seemed quiet decent. nice passing around. I wonder what our rankings will be after getting these 2 wins.

[adamnsu]

Originally Posted by roman
Maldives was never a threat to BD in the 80s and 90s. We used to win by big margin against them back then. Our main opponent was only India.

Bd also used to murder Pak. Only India was the threat. That Bhaichan Bootya was good

[tonmoy.dhaka]

Originally Posted by adamnsu
Bd also used to murder Pak. Only India was the threat. That Bhaichan Bootya was good

At the time when Bangladesh football was at its peak, it still struggled in international competition. We actually never murdered Pak or India in any international comp.

There are few reasons behind it

1/ There were internal rivalries between players from opposing clubs. Abahani players never got along with Mohammedan players.

2/ Clubs used to influence the player selection, (this is happening to this day). National team Coach/managers were dominated by the club officials to pick their players or loose their job.

3/ Corruption played a major role, money granted by FIFA for buying balls/develop pitches or bring coaches etc were stolen regularly from the BFF coffers.

4/ We hardly had proper trainer/physio with the team.