SAFF Women’s U-19 C’ships: The Indian ladies’s U19 soccer crew was declared joint winner alongside with Bangladesh in an ill-tempered final of the SAFF Women’s U-19 Championship at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal (BSSSMK) Stadium, Dhaka. Despite winning the match via toss, the Indian crew shared the trophy with their opponents following an unprecedented change of choice the match officers made.
The match went into the penalties following a 1-1 draw in the conventional time. India scored their first purpose in regulation time with a strike in the eighth minute. Bangladesh levelled again in the stoppage time and the match was pressured into penalties immediately.
The drama unfolded after India gained by a coin toss
Both sides saved on scoring and all of the 11 gamers (together with goalkeepers) discovered the again of the nets because the scoreline reached 11-11. The referee was instructed to not proceed with the penalties and he or she instantly known as for a toss. India bought fortunate because the coin fell in their favour and so they gained the match. The drama unfolded in an enormous means after this.
India began to rejoice after the coin toss, whereas the Bangladesh gamers started protesting. The crowd additionally started to throw just a few bottles onto the sector and in addition shouted slogans.
Things weren’t clear even after an hour handed. Then the match commissioner, who took the coin toss choice earlier, modified his verdict and declared India and Bangladesh the joint winners.
“It was a good gesture from the All India Football Federation. We accepted the decision to declare both sides as joint winners,” an AIFF supply instructed PTI.
This was the fifth version of the ladies’s event. The SAFF U19 Women’s Championship started in 2018. This was the third time that they confronted one another in the final of the event. Bangladesh. The Bangla facet has gained the event 4 instances together with the sharing of the honours this time. India are the one different crew to win it – a feat they achieved in 2022 and this time alongside Bangladesh in 2024.
