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U-16 booters return home

Sports Reporter
The Banglndc''' n.iUsncJ y~"th u-r’c--T* ' ‘-tbaF team e"?5rntc! —fait Monday nfght after ’aktnp part in the fifth Asian youth championship which ended on Sunday last In Riyadh. Saudi Arabia.
The 25-n»cmbcr Bangladesh youth squad had left Dhaka on
Bangladesh, placed In Group A along with North Korea, Bahrain and hosts Saudi Arabia, failed to win a single point conceding an Incredible 13 goals and scoring only two
Bangladesh lost lo North Korea 0-3 In the second match on the Inaugural day on September 4. Bahrain blanked Bangladesh 6-2 In the second match while they lost to Saudi Arabia 0-4 In their third and final group match on September 8.
The United Arab Emirates. Qatar. Thailand and China were the Group B teams.
The leader of Bangladesh team Shah Abul Kashem, who Is also a joint secretary of the Bangladesh Football Fcdcratior (BFF), when Interviewed by some newsmen yesterday, astonishingly failed lo mention who became the champions and runners-up of the meet.
*Wc left for Dubai cn route to Dhaka cn September 1 1 and the final was held on September 13, ” Shah Kashem said
According to him. dcsplie conceding 13 goals, the Bangladesh boys displayed pod footballing skills.
The BFF Joint secretary said that the defeats had been mainly caused by the astro-turf pitch.
’Our players are not familiar with the synthetic surface and invariably towards the end of almost every match they ran out of strength.
The Thai players had a long six-month tong preparation on the astro-turf for this meet, he said
Besides the excessive hent also had an adverse Impact Clhe Bangladeshi players.
Kashem said
Players like Ruhul Amin and Blplab Marma reportedly fell sick.
Whatever the reason, the bottom line Is that Bangladesh were swept aside In each and every match.
Earlier, last June, the Bangladesh senior team tost lo South Korea 0-6 and to Thailand 1-2 In the qualifying tournament held In the Thal capital Bangkok
One hopes the concerned authorities will take up the issue of the country's pathetic footballing standards seriously to determine what needs to be done before It is too late.