India enters the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championships finals after winning over Nepal 4-0 in their last league match. India will play against Bangladesh in the final which will be held on Thursday.
The Young Tigresses had earlier won their first match 10-0 against Bhutan, followed by a 0-1 defeat to Bangladesh. India didn’t score a single goal in the first half, however, they dished out an impressive display in the second session to slam in four goals.
In the last game against Bangladesh, India conceded an injury-time goal to leave the field empty handed against the hosts. Despite the Young Tigresses delivering a strong performance against the home team, the match appeared destined for a draw. However, in the closing moments, Bangladesh emerged successful once again over India. “We entered the match with confidence, expecting a victory, but a minor error cost us the game.
Despite a number of attempts on goal, our own mistakes stopped us from capitalising on those opportunities. While our defence was solid, our focus remained on attacking”, said Neha.
Our strategy was to leverage our strengths, but unfortunately, we fell short. Bangladesh proved to be faster, and we knew they had a lot of speed, and regardless of my effort in the first half, my shot from the left turned into a low strike, missing the goal. Although we executed good crosses, they went unconverted, she added.