Bangladesh defeats India after 22 years

The final whistle of Philippine referee Clicford blew. The joy of the spectators at the National Stadium knew no bounds. Bangladesh defeated India after 22 years. Hamzad's 1-0 goal in front of about 24,000 spectators at home.In 2003, Bangladesh defeated India in the semi-finals of the SAFF Championship at this stadium with Matiur Munnar's golden goal. After 22 years, Bangladesh won this time with Sheikh Morsalin's goal. Bangladesh took the lead in the 12th minute of the match. After that, Bangladesh maintained that lead for more than 80 minutes.Bangladesh conceded goals in the final moments of the match against Hong Kong and Nepal. So, Bangladeshi football fans were worried that the defense or the goalkeeper's mistake would be the reason for the goal! That incident did not repeat itself today. India could not score a goal despite attacking in the second half.Bangladesh's defense was kept in check by Hamza Chowdhury, a footballer who played in the English Premier Football League. He handled Bangladesh's defense very skillfully. He especially saved India's sure goal in the 32nd minute with a header. He also repelled many attacks in the second half.India's coach Khalid Jamil made many tactical changes and player changes in the second half. Even then, he could not equalize the match by scoring a goal. Bangladesh's coach Javier Cabrera replaced the goal scorer Morsalin with Shahriar Emon in the second half. Shahriar Emon tried to break India's defense with speed but failed to score.India's ranking is 136. Ahead of Bangladesh in strength. 9 players from India's home match on March 25 were not in today's team. India's coach Khalid Jamil left out Mohun Bagan's footballers as they joined the camp late. This reduced India's strength. This was also evidenced on the field.Earlier, Bangladesh was leading 1-0 in the first half. The gallery of the National Stadium was in a state of excitement in the 12th minute of the match. Counter-attack Morsalin-Rakib took the ball and moved into the Indian box. Rakib extended the ball towards Morsalin. Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh came out from the post. Morsalin cleverly placed it through the goalkeeper's legs. As soon as the ball hit the net, Bangladesh dug-out cheered.Bangladesh played energetic football for a few minutes after scoring the goal. Later, they put the ball at India's feet due to their own wrong pass and put them under unnecessary pressure. Especially in the 31st minute, goalkeeper Mitul could not clear the ball properly. India's Changte found the goalpost unprotected. His shot was towards the Bangladesh post. Hamza Chowdhury jumped and headed it from a few yards away and made a sure goal save.India got a few corners. However, this did not cause any major danger to Bangladesh. In the 44th minute, Hamza took a very quick or footed shot from in front of the box. Which went just wide of the post. Coach Cabrera replaced defender Tariq Qazi with Shakil Ahad Tapu as he felt uneasy.The Bangladesh-India match means added tension. The anger was also felt on the field. In the 35th minute, Bangladesh defender Tapu and Indian midfielder Vikram got into an argument while fighting for possession of the ball. This got the other footballers excited. Later, the Philippine referee showed two yellow cards. There was tension between the footballers of the two teams in the second half as well. The referee showed multiple cards. The Philippine referee had made controversial refereeing in the Singapore match in Dhaka on June 10. However, the referee's decision did not come under much criticism in today's match.In the Asian Cup qualifiers, Bangladesh is in third place with 5 points after five matches. Bangladesh drew against India in India and one in Hong Kong. Bangladesh lost in both home matches. Today, it won its first home match in the Asian Cup qualifiers. India is at the bottom of the table with two points. Both teams' chances of playing the Asia Cup ended in the previous match.