BSP-15 Bangladesh suffer 4-1 defeat to Oman

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Bangladesh suffer 4-1 defeat to Oman

DHAKA, Nov 15, 2019 (BSS)- Despite a strong resistance in the first half, Bangladesh suffered a 4-1 goal defeat to Middle Eastern nation Oman in their away match of FIFA World Cup qualifiers held on Thursday evening at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman.

With the day’s defeat, Bangladesh remained at the bottom of Group E of the five-team table with one point from four outings while Oman, coming into the match on the back of 2-1 defeat against group leaders Qatar, moved up with nine points playing the same number of matches.

After the barren first half, Moshin Al Khaldi finally broke the deadlock scoring the first goal for Oman in the 48th minute while Al Mandhar Al Alawi doubled the lead scoring the second goal for his team in the 68th minute of the match.

Arshad Said Al-Alawi further widened the team’s margin scoring the third goal for Oman in the 78th minute while Biplu Ahmed pulled one back for Bangladesh in the 81st minute.

Amran Said Juma Al-Hidi sealed the victory for Oman scoring the fourth goal in the 90+1st minute of the match.

The hosts are in second position in the group with nine points from four matches while Asian Champions Qatar have 10 points also from four outings.

In the remaining group matches, Bangladesh will play Afghanistan on March 26 next year in Bangladesh, Qatar on March 31 in Qatar, India on June 4 in Bangladesh and Oman on June 9 in Bangladesh.

Earlier, Bangladesh started their campaign with a 0-1 goal defeat against Afghanistan in the first match in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe on September 10, conceded a 0-2 goal defeat against Asian champions Qatar in their second match in Dhaka on October 10 and played to a 1-1 draw against India in their third match in Kolkata on October 15.

On the other hand, Oman made a flying start in the qualifiers beating India by 2-1 goals in Guwahati on September 5 and blanked Afghanistan by 3-0 goals in Al-Seeb on October 10 but suffered a 1-2 goal defeat against Qatar in Al Wakrah held on October 15.

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