Hosts Bangladesh conceded a narrow 0-1 goal defeat against much superior Chinese Taipei in the 2nd match to lose the two-match FIFA Women's International (Tier-I) Football Series 0-2 at the floodlight Bashundhara Kings Arena here Monday evening.
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Bangladesh, which suffered a humiliating 0-4 goals defeat conceding three goals in the first 26 minutes of Friday's first match against Chinese Taipei, ranked 100 places above of the hosts, fought equally with their giant rivals on Monday till the last whistle.

FIFA Women's Int'l: Bangladesh crushed at home by Chinese Taipei in first match

Chinese Taipei participated in the FIFA Women's World Cup once and is currently ranked 40th against Bangladesh's ranking of 140th.

Forward Su Yu-Hsuan scored the match winning goal for Taipei in the 17th minute of the match by a placing shot, utilising a lean (1-0) cutback.

FIFA Women's Int'l: Bangladesh win two-match series crushing Singapore 8-0

This was the fourth defeat for the Bangladesh Women's Football team in their ninth international match after winning the SAFF Women's Championship title in 2022.

Bangladesh lost two matches against Chinese Taipei, one match each against Japan and Vietnam, drew three matches against Nepal, and beat Singapore twice.

FIFA Women's Int'l: Bangladesh win two-match series crushing Singapore 8-0

In the day's match, the British coach of the women's team, Peter James Butler, dropped four vital players, including skipper Sabina Khatun and winger Sanjida Akter, but left the field with a respectable result. However, Sabina played the last 15 minutes of the match.

After a crucial first half, Bangladesh played comparatively better in the 2nd half but failed to manage clean chances accordingly.