Kathmandu. Nepal has made a happy start to the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship. Nepal made a spectacular start to the tournament by defeating Bhutan by a wide margin of 6-1 in the match held at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Purnima Rai scored four goals and Senu Pariyar scored two goals in Nepal’s victory. After taking a 3-0 lead in the first half, Nepal scored three more goals in the second half. Bhutan scored the only consolation goal in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senu opened Nepal’s account in the ninth minute of the game with a spectacular goal from Barsha Oli’s pass. Then in the 18th minute, Purnima doubled the lead by scoring from the six-yard box on another pass from Barsha. Towards the end of the half, Senu scored his second personal goal, making Nepal 3-0 ahead in the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the beginning of the second half, Kelden Wangmo scored a goal for Bhutan in the 53rd minute, but Purnima scored her second goal a few minutes later to make the score 4-1. After that, she shone. Purnima, who completed her hat-trick in the 83rd minute, also scored her fourth goal in the 88th minute to seal Nepal’s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nepal also squandered a few more chances in the game. Sukriya Mia and Varsha Oli missed their chances to score, but the score could not be further increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With this win, Nepal has added 3 points in the championship. In the next match today, home team Bangladesh won 9-1 over Sri Lanka and topped the table. Although both Nepal and Bangladesh have 3 points, Bangladesh is ahead on goal difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nepal will now play Bangladesh on Sunday. Four teams are participating in the tournament and the matches will be played on a double round-robin basis. All teams will play each other twice. At the end, the team with the most points will be declared the champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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