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2019-09-25

Bhutan face Bangladesh while India play Maldives in the semifinals

Bhutan face Bangladesh while India play Maldives in the semifinals of the ongoing SAFF U18 Championship 2019 that is being held at APF Stadium, Halchowk.

The Bhutan U18 team became the first team to reach the semifinals of the SAFF tournament. Bhutan defeated defending champions Nepal 3-0 and played goalless draw against Maldives in their group matches to top the group with four points.

Likewise, India emerged into the semifinals as Group ‘B’ leader as per the draw lot rule.

India after defeating Sri Lanka 3-0 in their last match today collected four points in total to tie with Bangladesh - who had defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 and played goalless draw with India.

The semifinals are set on 27 September.

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2019-09-22

Bhutan defeats Nepal 3-0, makes a comfortable start

Bhutan with a dominant 3-0 win over hosts Nepal at APF Stadium, Halchowk began their SAFF U18 Championship campaign with a comfortable win.

Yeshi Dorji, Kelzan Jigmi and Karma Sonam scored a goal each in the win for Bhutan.

Nepal struggled all of the time to influence proceedings against visitors.

Yeshi in the 37th minute stole the show for Bhutan scoring with a close range shot that crept inside from Nepal goalie Bishal Sunar.

Karma Sonam sealed the points for Bhutan scoring in the 90th minute.

The win for Bhutan mean, they enter semifinals of the championship while Nepal waits the result between Bhutan and Maldives. 

Four minutes before, Kelzan had doubled their tally through penalty.

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2019-09-20

Nepal, Maldives held 1-1 draw

Manish Dangi cancelled out Hasan Nazeem’s penalty goal as Nepal were held to a 1-1- draw in the inaugural match of the SAFF U18 Championship held today at the APF Stadium, Halchowk.

Manish Dangi’s header found the back of the net in the 75th minute, the striker beating opponent goalkeeper Hassan Aleef after receiving a neat cross from Brijesh Chaudhary.

Maldives Skipper Hasan gave the visitors a 13th minute lead when he converted his spot kick after he was fouled by Roshan Dong.

After equalizing the score, he hosts continued to produce good chances but the Maldivian backliner were brilliant to keep out Nepal's frontliner denied twice in the final two minutes.

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2019-09-17

Nepal U-18 Final Squad Announced

Head coach Chet Narayan Shrestha today announced the final 23-member Nepal U-18 football squad for the upcoming SAFF U18 Championship which is set to begin from September 20.

Nepal is hosting the championship at Halchowk Stadium.

Goalkeeper Rohit Karki and midfielder Dipesh Gurung have been released from the ongoing camp for the championship.

Head Coach Shrestha trimmed the squad after a eight-day-long preparatory camp in Pokhara.

Nepal will play their opening match against Maldives on September 20.

FINAL SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Bishal Sunar, Surya Adhikari, Pujan Hona

Defenders: Bishal Basnet, Randip Poudel, Padam Bhattarai, Sujan Sharma, Nabin Gurung, Roshan Dong, Alik Rumba, Anjal Maharjan

Midfielders: Sishir Lekhi, Roshan Rana Magar, Akash Buda Magar, Jaya Gurung, Manish Thapa, Kushal Phuyal, Nitin Thapa

Forwards: Brijesh Chaudhary, Sachu Gurung, Kailash Lamichhane, Darshan Gurung, Manish Dangi

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