The Bangladesh Women's Football team will play their well-known rivals, Nepal, in their last Group D match of the 19th Asian Games Women's Football in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on Thursday.
The match between two South Asian rivals will kick off at 2:00 pm Bangladesh time at the Wenzhou Olympic Centre Stadium in Hangzhou.
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The two teams, which were eliminated from the race after losing both of their first two group matches, are now looking for a consolation win in Thursday's prestige match.
Bangladesh women's football team clinched the first-ever SAFF Women's Football title last year, beating Nepal in Kathmandu.
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In their first appearance in the continental meet, Bangladesh women conceded a humiliating 0-8 goal defeat against former world champions Japan last Friday and conceded a 1-6 goal defeat against World Cup-playing Vietnam last Monday.
Nepal conceded a 0-2 goal defeat against Vietnam and a 0-8 goal defeat against Japan in their group encounters.
Ahead of Thursday's match, Head Coach of Bangladesh team Saiful Bari Titu termed the match their prestige battle.
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"Our girls won the SAFF title last year beating Nepal, so this time we also want to complete games beating Nepal," he said.