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Bangladesh lost 5-0 against Palestine in FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying match. Oday Dabagh scored a hat-trick for Palestine at the Jaber Al-Ahmed International Stadium in Kuwait on Thursday (March 21). And Shihab Kumbar scored two goals.
Bangladesh struggled for the first 40 minutes of the match. After that, they missed the defense and scored a goal. And that's why the team lost confidence. Then one after another, they were thrown out of the match within 10 minutes. In the end, Jamal Bhuiyan's team lost by a big margin.
Bangladesh got the first chance of the match. If Rakib Hossain could have given the cross in the seventh minute, they could have gone ahead. Bangladesh could have fallen behind in the ninth minute. Dabagh broke the offside trap and got the ball in the empty space. But his shot went over the crossbar.
Dabagh squandered the easiest chance of the day in the 19th minute. After breaking the offside trap, Aguan controlled his teammate's through ball and headed it over the head of goalkeeper Mitul Marma. But Bangladesh survived if it missed the target for a little while.
Bangladesh also had a good chance to score. In the 27th minute, Sohail Rana found Fahim's cross unguarded. But he wasted that opportunity by blowing it up in the sky in an incredible way. Mitul Marma saved Bangladesh in the 32nd minute. The goalkeeper blocked Dabagh's shot with great skill.
In the 42nd minute, Bangladesh conceded a goal due to a mistake by the defense. But this time also the goalkeeper of Bangladesh was excellent. Mitul stopped Mahmud Abuwarder. But in the re-round, Dabagh got the ball and sent it to the net. They doubled the lead in added time of the first half. From the corner, Sohail ran to Shihab Kumbar's feet. His shot finds the net.
Palestine made the gap 3-0 in the third minute of the second half. After receiving the ball from a short corner, Kumbar hit the target with a powerful shot. Dabagh grabbed their second goal five minutes later with a great volley from Mah Mud Eid's cross.
Despite leading by four goals, Palestine continued to create opportunities one after another. Bangladesh failed to score the fifth goal in the 70th minute as luck was with them. Mitul saved Bangladesh by jumping in the next minute. However, in the 76th minute, he could not even try twice. Dabagh completed the hat trick. Mitul blocked the shot that the forward took from the through ball from their own half. Block his return shot as well. But he couldn't do it in the third round.
Bangladesh could have got the consolation if Jamal Bhuiya's long-range shot had not narrowly missed the target in the 86th minute. Then Bangladesh had a chance at the end of the match. But to no avail. Despite having some good opportunities, Palestine could not put the ball in the net. However, the team left the field with a big win.
Bangladesh missed some of the first row players of Bangladesh on this day. They especially felt the lack of Tariq Kazi. The team also missed the 'wonder boy' Sheikh Morsalin in the attack.
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