Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will face Tampines Rovers of Singapore in their Group-E dead rubber of the AFC Cup at Bangabandhu National Stadium here today (Tuesday).
The 5th group match of Sheikh Jamal will begin at 6:30 pm Bangladesh time.
Satellite channel Star Sports and Fox Sports will telecast the match live.
On the eve of the match, Sheikh Jamal DC head coach Shafiqul Islam Manik informed that his team have injury problems apart from player crisis.
“I’ve less opportunity to make good technique for tomorrow’s (Tuesday) match as I’ve not enough players to replace during the match,” said Manik at the pre-match press conference at Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) House on Monday.
“Besides, some players are suffering from injuries. Despite, the overall situation is not in favour of my team, we will try our best to play attacking football tomorrow,” Manik continued.
“I’ve managed some players from other clubs, if they give their 100 percent and luck favours us against the well prepared rivals, we can hope for something good,” the crisis-prone Sk Jamal head coach said.
Manik lamented that they could not materialise their dream to clinch the AFC Cup as they could not get enough number of players in time and lack of other necessary steps.
On the other hand, Tampines Rovers head coach Sundoram Moorthy does not want to take Sk Jamal lightly saying, “They (Sheikh Jamal) had good performance in away match and is always a tough opponent.”
“This is a very important match for us and we are well prepared with more or less changes in the side. We’ll try our best to get the points from tomorrow’s match,” Moorthy said.
Sheikh Jamal DC practiced at their club ground while Tampines Rovers at BNS on Monday.
The three times Bangladesh Premier League champions Sk Jamal DC are already out of the race in the continental tournament after suffering four consecutive defeats and remained in the bottom of the four-team group without any point.
Ceres La Salle of the Philippines topped the list securing eight points, followed by Tampines Rovers of Singapore and Selangor FC of Malaysia with seven points each.
Sheikh Jamal DC Squad: Sahidul Alam, Topu Barman, Kesto Kumar Bosh, Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna, Ridwad Bin Rahman Rakin, Mohammad Linkon, Landing Darboe, Nguyen Hang Tcheuko Minh, Emeka Darlington, Wedson Anselme, Mohammed Enamul Hoque, Jewel Rana, Bappy Hasan Murad, Monaem Khan Raju, Nur Rahman Joseph, Sohel Rana, Didarul Hoque, Maksudur Rahman, Mohammed Mazharul Islam, Anisur Alam, Zahed Parvez Chowdhury and Hemonta Vinsent Biswas.
Tampines Rovers Squad: Izwan Bin Mahbud, Ismadi Bin Muhammad Mukhtar, Jufri Bin Taha, Mustafic Fahrudin, Noh Bin Rahman, Izzdin Shafiq Bin Yacob, Christopher James Van Huizen, Shahdan Bin Sulaiman, Jermaine Lloyd Pennant, Fazrul Nawaz, Kwok Wing Hong Fabian, Yasir Bin Hanafi, Afiq Bin Yunos, Nawari Bin Ahmad, Hafiz Bin Abu Sujad, Jordan Westley Webb, Sufian Bin Anuar, Irwan Shah Bin Arismail, Joey Sim Wei Zhi, Billy Osman Mehmet, Ahmad Fadly Bin Mohamed Tamiri and Saifullah Bin Mohammad Akbar.
