English coach Peter Butler's new look Bangladesh national women's football team again conceded 1-3 goal defeat against hosts UAE in the 2nd match to whitewash in two- match International Friendly series at the UAE Football Association Complex in Dubai Sunday night, reports UNB.
Touring Youthful Bangladesh Women's team also conceded 1-3 goal defeat against the home side in the FIFA International Friendly at the same venue last Wednesday.
Newly appointed captain Afeida Khandokar- led Bangladesh national women's team in their first international meeting against UAE suffered two consecutive defeats although Bangladesh women's beat the UAE women's team several times in different age group competitions.
However, Head coach of Bangladesh team Peter Butler expressed his total satisfaction over team's performance and said "I am really proud of them and they are the future of Bangladesh".
"I am not for win, win mentality, but I believed Bangladesh football will grow," he added
In the Sunday's match, midfielder Nouf Aladwan put the home side ahead in the 31st minute (1-0) while forward Mia Lindborg doubled the hosts margin in the first half (2-0)
Forward Georgia Gibson, who struck twice in the first match against Bangladesh, scored the 3rd goal for 116th ranked hosts UAE in the 61st minute to assure team victory (3-0).
The Bengal Tigresses captain cum defender Afeida Khandakar, who scored only goal in the first half of the first.match from a penalty, also scored the face saving goal for 132nd ranked Bangladesh in Sunday's 2nd match too in the 80th minute, also from a penalty (3-1).
Earlier, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced a 23-member youthful national women’s football team excluding captain Sabina Khatun-led rebelling 18-senior national footballers just few hours after the SAFF winning Bangladesh women's football team received Ekushey Padak from Chief Adviser.
But, the Peter Butler's Youthful Bangladesh women's team failed to fulfill the expectation in the series after suffering two consecutive defeats in international matches just four months after winning the SAFF Women's championship in Nepal.
Bd-Pratidin English/ AM
