Bangladesh hold Afghanistan to goalless draw

The Bangladesh Olympic football team forced Afghanistan to a goalless draw in their second match of the four-nation Diamond Jubilee Football Tournament on Thursday night at the National Stadium in Male, Maldives.

With this outcome, Bangladesh secured two points from two matches.
Earlier, Bangladesh played out a goalless draw with Pakistan, while Afghanistan edged past hosts Maldives by a solitary goal in their respective opening matches of the tournament.

Bangladesh will play their final group-stage match against hosts Maldives on June 7 at the same venue. If Bangladesh are able to win their last match against Maldives, they will have a chance to qualify for the final. The top two teams at the end of the group stage will advance to the final on June 10.

Bangladesh Olympic team: Md Mehedi Hasan Srabon, Ismail Hossain, Md Mithun Chowdhury, Md Rasel Hossain, SM Monjurur Rahman (C), Md Manik Hossain Molla, Md Rabby Hossen Rahul, Nazmul Huda Faysal, Sourav Dewan, Md Mojibor Rahman Jony, Md Mursed Ali, Sajed Hasan Jummon, Md Asif, Md Jahid Hassan, Md Abdulla Omar, Md Safiul Hossain, Md Moinul Islam Moin, Iftiar Hossain, Md Pias Ahmmed Nova, Al Amin, Mirajul Islam, Pronoy Enosent and Md Ishaque Akando.    �"BSS