Aritz Izura slammed a hat-trick as Spain Embassy team won a friendly football match against the Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) after a hard fought 5-4 yesterday.
Held at the Astroturf Ground of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) besides Aritz Izura, Erik Zabalegui and Xavier Vinagre also celebrated once scoring one goal each for the winners.
Sadman Saqib also scored a hat-trick for BSPA while Shafique Kalim scored one goal to reduce the margin.
Erik Zabalegui sent the visitors into lead on eight minute while Aritz Izura opened his account after four minutes to double the advantage. Aritz Izura, when further struck twice in a span of seven minutes, it looked the visitors were going to have a one-sided victory.
BSPA bounced back strongly with Sadman Saqib scored three goals and Shafique Kalim scored one to make it an exciting friendly (4-4).
But men from the country of former World Cup champions had the last laugh when Xavier Vinagre scored the match winner on 58th.
Patrick Sandoval Nichols, the deputy head of mission of the Spain Embassy also played the match when Mustafa Mamun and Rezwanuzzaman Rajib, president and general secretary respectively, former presidents Abdul Towhid and Hassan Ullah Khan Rana of the BPSA were present to watch the match.
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