Bangladesh made it to the finals of the Saaf women's championship with a goal celebration against Bhutan. Tahura Khatun's hat-trick led the red and green team to a 7-1 thrashing of the hill country. Apart from Tahura's hat-trick, captain Sabina Khatun scored two goals. Besides, Rituparna Chakma and Mashura Parveen scored one goal each.
Bangladesh dominated the first semi-final at Dasarath Stadium in Kathmandu from the start. They kept the Bhutanese defense busy with one attack after another. The red-green team made a change and presented football organized from the start. Predominance was also exclusive.
Rituparna Chakma put Bangladesh ahead with a wonderful goal in the seventh minute. Tahura took the ball behind the markers with a great body dodge to attack Ritu on the left. Taking control of the ball, Ritu beat the Bhutanese goalkeeper with a powerful left-footed shot from just outside the box. Another attack took place at 12 minutes. Sagarika headed Rituparna's cross from the left, but Darji Edan saved it from the goal line.
After three minutes, however, there was no mistake. Tahura Khatun opened the goal book. Shewley Azim's cross is blocked The hero doubled the lead with a left-footed curling shot from just outside the box.
In the 18th minute, Bangladesh's defense was a bit shaky. Bhutan's Deki Lazam gets a through from his teammate. Sensing the danger, Rupana came out and made it difficult for him to take the shot. Still the Bhutan forward took the shot. In the end it was passed out with a blank post.
Bangladesh's defense has repeatedly loosened in the high press football game. In the 23rd minute, Namgil Dema took a strong shot but Rupana blocked it. In the 25th minute, Sabina took a pass from Tahura and entered the box from the left and took a shot at the far post. But if it hits below the sidebar, they have to be disappointed. However, the Bangladesh captain did not have to be disappointed in the next minute. Sabina's placing from Monika Chakma's cutback made the scoreline 3-0.
In the 35th minute, Tahura scored a spectacular goal after receiving Maria Mander's cross and beating a defender from outside the box with a left-footed shot past the Bhutanese keeper. Sabinao scored his second goal two minutes later with a solo effort. The country's all-time best goal scorer, Aguan quickly attacked the defenders in the midfield and beat the keeper to coolly put the ball on the post.
In the 41st minute, Bhutan paid back a goal by taking advantage of bad defending. Shering Haden crossed the goal after avoiding the two defenders of Bangladesh. Deki Lazmer's placing could not stop Rupana.
Even after the break, Bangladesh's dominance continued. Tahura Khatun scored a hat trick in 58 minutes. He increased the level of the festival by scoring a great placement. In the 72nd minute, Mashura Parveen headed the ball into the net from Sanjida's corner and helped the team to win by a big margin.
In the other eventful semi-final of the day, the game was tied at 1-1 and went to a tiebreaker. There Nepal beat India 4-2 in the final. On October 30, Bangladesh is the opponent of the hosts in the title fight at this ground.
