Nepal Enters Semifinal with 5-0 win over Maldives

Nepalese Women delivers second win in a row to enter the semi finals of the second SAAF Women’s Championship played at Colombo.

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Jamuna Gurung flourished yet again scoring hat-trick which is also her second in the tournament and fourth international hat-trick all time. Gurung shows her second best performance in a row after she has been selected man of the match second time out of 2 games Nepal played in the championship.

Nepalese girls started the lead in around 19th minute when Dipa Adhikari scored followed by Anu Lama’s header which doubled the score while the remaining 3 came from outstanding captain who scored in 59 minute, 88 minute and the other in injury time.

Previously Nepal thrashed Pakistan 8-0 on which Jamuna scored four times. Nepal has still to play with Afghanistan as the last match of the group stage. Afghanistan registered their first win in Women’s football lately today when they scored 4-0 against Pakistan. They are second in the group with 4 points after they ended 1-1 draw against Maldives in their stating game in the tournament.