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Bangladesh U-23 Football team to play Saudi Arabia in their last Group D match of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup’2022 Qualifiers in a hope to assure group runners-up position at the JAR Stadium in Tashkent on Tuesday.
Two winless teams—Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh—will lock horns on Tuesday at 4 pm Bangladesh time in a battle of group runners-up to reach the 16-team final round of the meet as one of the four best runners up team.
Eleven group champions, four best group runners-up and hosts Uzbekistan will play in the final round.
Kuwait smartly clinched the Group D title to qualify for the final round beating Bangladesh by 1-0 goal and Saudi Arabia by 2-1 goals earlier.
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Earlier on last Saturday, Bangladesh suffered a humiliating 0-6 goals defeat against hosts Uzbekistan in a Group D friendly match, results of which will not make any impact in the Group D standings as hosts Uzbekistan already qualified for the final round as the hosts.
Uzbekistan played to a 2-2 draw with Saudi Arabia in another international friendly match in Tashkent last week.
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Bangladesh team held a 90-minute practice session in Tashkent today ahead of the match.