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In the first match, there was a failure to score. Bangladesh was focused on scoring goals to overcome that. That drought was broken in the second last match against Afghanistan in a FIFA friendly match today, but victory remained elusive.

The desired goal came. But after falling behind. When the Afghans advanced in the second half, Bangladesh did not take time to return to parity with Sheikh Morsalin’s goal. However, despite trying desperately to win, the gap could not be increased. In the second match, the host team left the field with a 1-1 draw with Afghanistan.

At Bashundhara Kings Arena on Thursday, the Bangladesh team took the field with the eleven of the previous match. In contrast, the Afghans made three changes. From the beginning of the match, the Afghans tried to play with some pressure. However, goalkeeper Anisur Rahman could not take the big test of Zico. In the 16th minute, there was tension in the dugout. Bangladesh team’s assistant coach Hasan Al Mamun and Afghans’ head coach Abdullah R. Mutairi got into an argument over a foul. The others could not hold Mutairi. He was trying to come to the tent of the hosts again and again. At one point, the referee of Nepal brought these two coaches off the field with red cards and brought the situation under control.

Bangladesh played in 4-4-2 formation and went on the attack towards the end. In the 34th minute, Jamal’s powerful shot went wide of the crossbar, leaving them disappointed. It started raining from the next minute. Bangladesh took the first shot on target after 6 minutes. Rakib Hossain entered the box after Sohail runner’s pass and took a corner shot, but the goalkeeper stretched out his two hands and did not allow the goal to be scored.

In added time, captain Jamal Bhuiyan had a good chance. But an Afghan defender cleared Jamal’s strong shot at the Sohail runner’s corner.

After the break, Saad Uddin came to the eleven. However, the Afghans attacked and scored goals. Zabar Sarja beat the Bangladesh goalkeeper with a powerful header between two defenders from Omid Popalzai’s corner played in the Dhaka field. In the 56th minute, Taufi Sekandari’s powerful shot went wide of the far post, but the visitors did not double the lead. After falling behind, Bangladesh tried to come back in the match. In the 61st minute, Jamal’s free-kick from outside the box went over the crossbar. However, in the next minute, Bangladesh equalized the match. Bishwanath entered the box from the right edge and made a great pass to Morsalin. The forward tapped the ball into the net from 6 yards out. With this, Bashundhara Kings footballer’s third goal in the national team jersey.

After that, the hosts kept the pressure on the attack and created one opportunity after another. In the 68th minute, when the ball was caught by one of the Afghans, Bangladesh strongly appealed for a penalty, but the referee did not take it into account. In the 78th minute, Morsalin could not touch the ball from Mohammad Sohel’s runner’s cutback. In the 85th minute, Viswanath’s header from the corner was cleared by a defender and they were disappointed again. Otherwise the result could have been different.

Even in the next minute, if Jamal’s cutback substitute Fahim took a shot on target, Bangladesh would have won. One of the Afghans was shown a red card from the bench in added time. However, there was no change in the scoreline of the match.