Bahrain will face Nepal in the fourth Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Friday.
The eight-team tournament’s final will start at 5:00pm local time. Channel-9 will telecast the match live while Bangladesh Betar will broadcast running commentary.
Country’s sports-loving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to be the chief guest in the final and will distribute the champion trophy.
Bahrain team assistant coach D Nosor expressed his optimism to clinch the title saying, “We hope we’ll win the match.”
Replying to a query the coach said, “In any game our aim is win; it’s any one game, and there is no easy team in the tournament.”
The coach said that his player will play their best and there will be different strategy in the final against Nepal.
Nepal team head coach Balgopal Maharjan also hopeful to win the match against Bahrain.
“We are well prepared for the final, hope we’ll win; I know they (Bahrain) are physically better than us, but we’ve also some quick counter attackers,” Balgopal commented.
The coach expected that his players will play their best as the Nepal national football team reached in the final in any South Asian football tournament after 17 years.
However, Nepal finished runners-up in the 8th South Asian Federation Games in 1999 by a solitary goal against Bangladesh.
Nepal team captain Biraj Maharjan echoed the coach saying, “I’m very happy with my team; we’ve reached in the final.”
The coaches and captain came up with their expectation on the eve of the final at the pre match press conference at Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) house on Thursday.
Nepal confirmed their final berth eliminating the Maldives by 4-1 goals while Bahrain outplayed hosts Bangladesh by a solitary goal.
The ticket prices fixed at Tk50 for gallery and Tk 300 for VIP box while school students can enjoy the match for free showing their school ID.
The last edition of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup was held in 2015, when the Malaysian Under-23 side lifted the trophy defeating Bangladesh in the final.
