AFC U-20 Asian Cup: Bangladesh draw 2-2 with lowly Guam

Bangladesh U-20 Football team made another frustrating 2-2 draw with lowly Guam in their 2nd Group A match of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup' 2025 Qualifiers played at the Lach Tray Stadium in the Vietnamese city of Hai Phong Monday afternoon.

In their first group engagement last uuSaturday, the SAFF U-20 champions Bangladesh, suffered a huge 0-4 goals defeat against FIFA ranked 92nd Arabian nation Syria after trailing by 0-2 goals in the first half.

In the day's match, the FIFA ranked 186th Bangladesh miserably deprived of a win against FIFA 204th ranked Guam despite of dominating the match twice.

The SAFF U-20's best player Mirajul Islam put Bangladesh ahead in the very 6th minute (1-0) while Shuntaro Suzuki leveled the margin for Guam in the 75th minute(1-1).

Moinul Islam again put Bangladesh ahead in the 87th minute (2-1) while Curtis Harmon of Guam neutralized match in the injury time (90+1 minute).

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 hosts 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.