U-23 football team suffer 1-0 defeat in preparation match

The Bangladesh Uunder-23 national football team suffered a solitary goal defeat to their Nepalese under-23 football team in their away preparation match held on Tuesday at ANFA complex in Kathmandu, source goal Nepal.com.
In the day’s match, Bimal Gharti Magar scored the all-important goal for the host side utilizing a pass off Anjan Bista in the 20th minute of the match.
The under-23 booters will play their third and last preparation match against Sri Lankan Army SC on Friday (July 14) in Dhaka.
Earlier, the Bangladesh U-23 national football team had a good start to their preparation for the AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers as they recorded a solitary goal triumph over Federation Cup champions Abahani in the first of the three practice matches in Dhaka.
Bangladesh have been drawn in group E along with Jordan, Palestine and Tajikistan of the AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers. The team will start their tournament campaign taking on Jordan on July 19 and meet Tajikistan on July 21 before playing their last match of the group against hosts Palestine on July 23.