DHAKA, Aug 28, 2024 (BSS)- Bangladesh U-20 national football team head coach 
Maruful Haque dedicated their maiden SAFF U-20 Championship victory against 
Nepal to the once who were martyred in anti-discrimination student movement 
which eventually turned into an uprising and ousted the Sheikh Hasina's 
government.

Bangladesh won the elusive SAFF U-20 Championship title beating host Nepal by 
4-1 goals in the final held in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday.

"Alhamdulillah.... all praise be to Allah ... at first we want to say we want 
to dedicate the SAFF championship trophy and success on behalf of my whole 
team to those martyrs who sacrificed their life in the anti-discrimination 
student movement," said Maruful at the post match press conference.

He said maximum effort has been given to keep the boys fit for the final 
because they have got one day to recover for the final match. The coach said 
instruction was given to the boys to play with cool head so that they can 
defend the Nepal's attacks easily. 

The Bangladesh coach said when the hosts failed to take the home ground 
pressure, he changed the playing strategy and boys were given instruction to 
go counter attack and play passing football.

He also expressed his gratitude and thanked to his boys who maintained their 
cool head all through the proceeding in the final match against Nepal and 
bring out the day's result.