How did the Bangladesh women's football match against India stop in about five hours?
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Another Bangladesh-India match, again excitement, controversy, discussion around that match. The two teams met in the final of the SAF U-19 Women's Championship football at Dhaka's Kamalapur Stadium on Thursday.
The results of the match which started at 6 pm came around 11 pm. In the end, the two teams were declared joint champions. But there are questions about the process, which is causing excitement in the field.
After the scheduled 90 minutes of the match ended with 1-1 goals, the game went directly to the tiebreaker. There is also an 11-11 tie.
Then the drama begins. The referees chose India as the champion through a coin toss. The Bangladesh team protested on the field. Later it was found that the bylaws of the tournament did not mention the coin toss but continued penalties. After that, when the match commissioner wanted to correct the mistake and play the game, the Indian team sat down.
In the end, after a long wait, discussion and compromise, the trophy was handed over to the captains of the two teams.
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What happened in the game?
There was already interest in the football arena around the Bangladesh-India final. Although going into the fifth edition of the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship, Bangladesh have played in the finals of the previous four times, winning three times, losing the title once to India.
Bangladesh defeated India 1-0 in the group stage of this tournament as well. The remaining two teams of the tournament were Nepal and Bhutan.
However, India went ahead at the beginning of the final match. After scoring in the 8th minute, they were ahead in possession and attack in the rest of the time. But in the very last minute of the match added extra time Bangladesh equalized the game.
After the scheduled time ended with 1-1 goals, the game was played according to the rules in the penalty shootout. Both teams took five shots first and the scoreline was tied at 5-5.
After that, the rest of the footballers of the two teams started taking shots one by one under the 'sudden death' rule. In the end, with both goalies taking shots, neither could decide the winner, and the tiebreaker remained tied at 11-11.
'Match Commissioner's mistake'
The trouble started after that.
Daily Star senior reporter Anisur Rahman covered this exciting match from the press box. He described the situation to the BBC, "The referee called one of Bangladesh to take the shot number 12, when the footballer was going forward to take the penalty shot, the 4th referee of the match signaled to stop. Then the referees came to one side and began to discuss, the match commissioner joined the discussion."
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The match officials were then seen calling the captains of the two teams. The referee tossed a coin with them. The Indian camp celebrates when India wins the toss. At that time, the captain of Bangladesh was seen expressing surprise, he also complained about something.
"Bangladesh captain Afida said after the match that she actually did not know what this toss was for. She thought that since the two teams took 11 shots each, it seems that the referees are tossing to see who will take the next shot", said Anisur Rahman.
But when Bangladesh realized that the champion was decided by toss, the whole team led by the team manager Amirul Islam Babu protested to the referees.
At this time, an exciting situation was created in the field. As the Indian football players celebrate the title against the angry Bangladesh team, the spectators can be seen cheering them.
Then the girls of India turned to the audience and celebrated. Bottles were thrown from the gallery. After the champion photoshoot, the captain of the Indian team went to shake hands with the referees at one point. But at that time the referee did not shake hands and signaled them to stay calm.
Shahnur Rabbani was commenting on this match, "We were not receiving any information then. I did not understand what was happening. However, there was a lot of excitement in the field. On one side, the screams of the audience in the gallery, on the other hand, the cheering of the Indian footballers on the field. At one point, additional police were also brought in for security,” he said.
The Bangladesh team is still negotiating with the match officials. Anwarul Haque Helal, general secretary of SAF, was there. "This has never happened in the past in our SAFF Championship, it was a mistake by the match commissioner, he may have given a decision without seeing Biloz. This is a situation where mistakes are made. We have spoken to AFC, they have not said that the penalty shootout will continue", said Mr. Helal.
What is in the bile?
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Section 4 of the South Asian Football Federation – SAFF U19 Women's Championship Bylaws deals with technical regulations. Article 3 of 7 states, "If the winner cannot be determined in the semi-finals and finals at the scheduled time, then according to the rules of the game, penalties shall be awarded." No extra time will be added.”
Several referees told the BBC that the rule in football is that penalty shootouts continue until a winner is determined.
In football the coin toss can only ever be used as a last resort option, when the weather or the field is not quite suitable for playing the game, but that too has to be in the bails.
However, some other aspects of Biles were refuted in this match. As stated in Clause 1 of Article 8, if the game is delayed for any reason, the referees shall first wait for half an hour, trying to decide when the match can be started.
After that they can delay for a maximum of half an hour. If the match does not start after that, it must be declared abandoned.
Bilge did not mention the announcement of the joint champion.
India is presented with 'three options'
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Bangladeshi footballers sit on the field for almost two hours. This time the Indian team is confined to their dressing room.
Safa officials also joined the discussion with the referee and match officials. During this time, three solutions came out, said Saf's secretary.
“One, to cancel this match and start from scratch; Two, penalty kicks, or three, declaration of joint champion. This offer was made to India, but they did not accept any of it,” said Anwarul Haque Helal.
When the players and officials of the Indian team who came to participate in the tournament did not comply, the organizers approached the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The Indian team finally accepted the proposal of the joint champion through the mediation of the AIFF president and secretary.
The Indian team took home the trophy and the championship medal even though they held the trophy together on the stage. The general secretary of SAF said that a new trophy will be made for Bangladesh.
"Actually this decision is in the interest of Saaf. It is for the development of the youth, winning and losing is not important here. It is not true that everyone is a champion. Doing this tournament so that the youth can be prepared for the future", said Mr. Helal.
However, in response to the question whether it will have any effect on the relationship with India, he said that only they can say that, but all decisions have been taken after discussion with India.
আরেকটি বাংলাদেশ-ভারত ম্যাচ, আর আবারও সেই ম্যাচ ঘিরে উত্তেজনা, বিতর্ক, আলোচনা। সন্ধ্যা ৬টায় শুরু হওয়া ম্যাচের ফলাফল আসতে আসতে বাজে রাত প্রায় ১১টা। শেষ পর্যন্ত যৌথ চ্যাম্পিয়ন ঘোষণা করা হয় দুদলকে। কিন্তু সেটার প্রক্রিয়া নিয়ে দেখা দেয় প্রশ্ন, যা নিয়ে মাঠেই ছড়ায় উত্তেজনা।
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Not serious enough to be posted in India-BD relation thread, so just leaving it here.
I can only say, these stuffs are already heated enough, but what a bunch of stupid ass referees.
