Bangladesh played brilliantly in their last home match in World Cup and Asian Cup joint qualifiers. Only lost 2-0 to Australia in a regular World Cup game at King’s Arena. One of these goals is again suicide.
Bangladeshi football is mainly in South Asia. Sometimes he gets a chance to play with the teams playing in the World Cup They have faced Australia four times in the last eight years. 2015 World Cup Qualifiers lost 4-0 at home and 5-0 away. Bangladesh lost 7-0 in the away match in 2026 selection. Bangladesh lost 2-0 in the home match today. It is a relief for Bangladeshi football to lose by such a small margin against the 24th ranked team in the world.

Bangladesh coaches and players were talking about home advantage before the Australia match. Bangladesh has taken that advantage completely. Yesterday, the field was heavy due to rain in Bashundhara residential area Neither team could practice at the venue. Even today the field was very heavy. Australia’s dynamic footballers are therefore hampered. Bangladesh also could not play a normal game.
The big team coming to Dhaka in mud-heavy field is not new Qatar was in the group of Bangladesh in the 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers. Qatar won the match 2-0 on a mud pitch at the Bangabandhu Stadium. Bangladesh attacked a lot that day. Bangladesh could not create any chance of goal against Australia today. The Australian goalkeeper caught the ball once in the entire match. Was near the half line for most of the match.

Australia is a very strong team. In the last three matches against that team, Bangladesh had lost control of the match by conceding multiple goals in the first half. Melbourne trailed 4-0 in the previous leg. Bangladesh is still in the match to face the fourth round today. Although Australia was ahead in ball possession and attack, the defense broke down and could not create a sure chance to score.
Australia took the lead in the 29th minute of the match. Of course, this goal is fortunate. Australia’s attacking midfielder Azdin Hurstik took a shot from about 40 yards out. The ball changed direction after hitting the feet of Mehdi Mithu, the Bangladeshi defender who was standing in front of the box. Goalkeeper Mitul looked at the other post and saw the ball entering the net. Buffafe confirmed the goal was recorded as an own goal by the match official.

The first 45 minutes of the match were played in the Bangladesh half. Rakib and Morsalin tried to counter attack. They couldn’t do it in the wet field either. Bangladesh has no shot on target in the first half.

Bangladesh changed five footballers in the second half of the match. Skipper Jamal Bhuiyan came off in the 55th minute. The two went on an attack a few minutes after Jamal landed. However, they were not fulfilled. Australia doubled the lead in the 62nd minute. Kusuni headed into the box and scored.

Australia were not in that aggressive role after getting the goal. Bangladesh were satisfied with possession of the ball and control of their half. Mitul Marma did not have to undergo as many tests as in Melbourne. Bangladesh coach Shakeel, Chandan and Rimon together. It didn’t have much effect