SPORTS REPORTER

The Bangladesh women’s football team was looking forward to rectifying the mistakes from the first match when they square off against UAE in the second match of their tour on Sunday.

The match would kick off at 10:00pm Bangladesh time at the UAE Football Association Pitch 1.

Having gone down 3-1 in the first match on February 26, the young charges of Peter Butler were intent on returning home with pride against a team that is 16 steps higher in FIFA ranking.

Midfielder Sapna Rani Mandal feels that they have learnt from their mistakes following the coach’s instructions.

“Now we know what mistakes we made and learnt from those. The coach will guide us and we will try not to repeat the same mistakes. Obviously we will try to return home with a victory,” Sapna said.

Echoing a similar sentiment, striker Sauravi Akanda Prity said:

“We have learnt a lot from the last game. The coach has pointed out the mistakes we made in the last match. We will try to play according to the coach’s instructions,” Prity said, adding that this young team, in absence of first-string seniors, will continue to grow the more they play against better oppositions.