Bangladesh Under-23 Football team, now in Nepal, started their training sessions from Thursday ahead of their 13th South Asian (SA) Games campaign beginning from December 2 at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu.
Team Manager of Bangladesh team Satyajit Das Rupu said that booters’s first training session was held on Thursday morning under Assistant Coach Stuart Paul.
“They first training session was held on Thursday morning under Stuart Paul. Jamie Day will join us today,” Rupu said.
Prior to the Nepal tour, Manager of Bangladesh Football Team Satyajit Das Rupu said, “Our eight-day residential camp was cancelled earlier.
Bangladesh captain Jamal Bhuiyan said, although they have some lacking in preparations, they are confident of their ability to win the title.
Bangladesh National football team’s striker Nabib Newaj Jibon said, “We have really put up good performances against big opponents during the World Cup qualifiers. We are going to compete in the SA Games against teams who are equal to us in strength, so the recent-past performances will definitely boost our confidence. If we can carry those performance to the Games, it is possible to produce good results, even secure gold medal,”
Bangladesh, who won gold medal in the regional games in 1999 and 2010, bagged bronze medal in the last edition in India three years ago.
A 24-member Bangladesh football team reached Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Wednesday afternoon to take part in the five-team SA Games football eyeing a final berth.
All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has rescheduled the fixture as runners-up India are not taking part in the football event.
According to the new schedule, Bangladesh will face Bhutan in the opening match of league-basis competition on December 2 at 1:15 pm (BST) at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu.
Bangladesh will play Maldives on December 3 at 5:15 pm, Sri Lanka on December 5 at 5:15 pm and hosts and defending champions Nepal on December 10 at 5:15 pm, all at the same stadium.
The top two teams will play final on December 10 at 5:15 pm.
Bangladesh Football team: Anisur Rahman, Pappu Hossain, Mahfuz Hasan Pritom, Yeasin Khan, Bishwanath Ghosh, Tutul Hosain Badsha, Rahmat Mia, Riyadul Hasan, Yeasin Arafat, Sushanto Tripura, Jamal Bhuiyan, Biplu Ahamed, Rabiul Hasan, Mahbubur Rahman, Md Al Amin, Nabib Newaz Jiban, Saad Uddin, Rakib Hossain, Arifur Rahman and Mohammad Ibrahim.
