Nepal 1-2 Bangladesh Highlights, SAFF Women’s Championship Semifinal: Sagorika's Last Gasp Goal Sends BAN Into Final

Hello football fans! We're back with the live coverage of the semifinal clash of SAFF Women's Championship between Bangladesh and Nepal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa. Stay tuned for the live score and real-time updates of the match here.

The semifinal clash of the SAFF Women's Championship between Nepal and Bangladesh will be streamed live on the FanCode app in India. It will not be telecasted in India. The live action will begin at 4:00 PM IST.

Anita Lamjel, Anjila Subba (c), Bimala BK, Dipa Shahi, Gita Rana, Preeti Rai, Puja Rana, Rashmi Ghising, Rekha Poudel, Renuka Nagarkote, Saru Limbu

We’re underway in Margao and Bangladesh get us started from the centre. The early tempo is sharp, no time wasted to settle. Nepal gets an early corner because of sloppiness by Bangladesh's defence.

Nepal's Rekha Poudel displays a brilliant footwork and clever body feint so that she could make some space before firing a shot towards the goal but Bangladesh's goalkeeper was ready and gathered the ball with ease to deny Nepal a goal.

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Nepal has been focusing more on firing long range shots while Bangladesh have tried to direct balls forward with short passes to find their attackers. Though neither of them have been able to attain success yet with their contrasting approaches.

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Nepal has broken the deadlock! Shahi's corner delivery sailed into the six-yard area, where Gita Rana reacted quickest and poked the ball over a crowd of players and into the net to give her side the lead.

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Shahi takes another corner and this time her pinpoint shot manages to find a Nepalese player in the D, who tries to head the ball into the goal but Akter reacts quicky and make a lowly save to deny Nepal another goal.

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Goaaalll... Bangladesh equalizes it in a spectacular manner as their star attacking player Chakma firing a curling ball into the net via a corner kick, leaving the goalkeeper with no chance. Just when it was looking that Nepal are in control, Bangladesh manage to find a way to comeback into the game.

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The referee blows the halftime whistle and with it the first half comes to an end. Both set of players are heading back to the dugouts for the break.

Both set of players are back in the field for the final half of the game. While led the first half for majority of the time, Bangladesh's Chakma scored a spectacular goal on the brink of halftime to bring the score line to 1-1.

Bangladesh's Kisku could not clear the ball well, allowing Poudel to pounce on the loose possession, however, his touch turned out to be heavy thus cramping her for space, and at the end the chance went begging.

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Bangladesh's defender gives a loose ball and Nepal's Preeti Rai pounces on it and gets into a promising position. However, it turns out to be too late as she takes too much time in firing a shot and allows Surovi to produce a timely tackle and snuff out the danger.

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Goaaallll! What a timely goal for Bangladesh and it's the substitute Sagorika, who scores a last gasp to get her team ahead in the match. It could a deciding goal that could take the Bengal Tigresses into the final as the match is heading rapidly towards its completion.

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A last chance for Nepal goes begging as a weak shot allows the goalkeeper to get hold of the ball. With it the stoppage time comes to an end as Bangladesh win the match by 2-1 to enter the final of the SAFF Women's Championship and fight for their third title. Meanwhile, Nepal’s wait for a maiden title continues as it fails to enter a seventh summit clash.

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That's a wrap from our end. We'll be back soon with another blog, until then, bye bye.