Bangladesh U-20 Football team made a frustrating start in Group A match of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup' 2025 Qualifiers losing to upper ranked Syria by 0-4 goals in one of the two opening day's match at the Lach Tray Stadium in the Vietnamese city of Hai Phong Saturday evening
The SAFF U-20 champions Bangladesh, FIFA ranked 186th, were trailing by 0-2 goals against FIFA ranked 92nd Syria in the first half of the day's rain delayed 2nd match.
Kawa Issa put Syria ahead in the very 5th minute (1-0), Youshaa Knaj doubled the margin in the 12th minute (2-0), Wassam Dukhan scored the 3rd goal in the 72nd minute (3-0) while Anas Dahhan sealed the fate of the scoring the 4th goal in the 80th minute (4-0)
In the day's opening Group A match, Bhutan played to a one-all draw with Guam at the same venue Saturday afternoon.
Earlier, Bangladesh team was placed in five- team Group A of the U-20 Asian Cup with Syria, hosts Vietnam, Bhutan and Guam.
In the remaining group matches, Bangladesh will play Guam on Monday (Sept 23), host Vietnam on Friday (Sept 27) and Bhutan on Sunday (Sept 29).
Ten Asian group champions along with five best group runners up will qualify for the next round of the AFC U-2O Asian Cup.