The Bangladesh football team will start their preparation for the SAFF Championship today though the Bangladesh Football Federation decided against holding any residential camp.
The 22-member team will report to national coach Nikola Ilievski today and will play two 45-minute matches against the Under-22 and Under-19 teams at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on the opening day.
The team are expected to play more than half a dozen practice matches against different Bangladesh League clubs and age group teams before starting their skill training on October 23.
The players have been asked to stay at their homes and report to coach for practice matches scheduled to be held on September 29 and October 2, 7, 10, 14, 18 and 21.
‘I know the players have a tendency to misuse such freedom but I have no other way as I will be busy till November with the Under-19 team,’ said coach Ilievski, apparently referring to the two players who went to play on hire in Manikganj just a day before the team’s departure to Lebanon.
‘We will start the residential camp once the Under-19 assignment is over,’ added Ilievski, who has already excluded Zahid Hasan Ameli and Mithun Chowdhury from his squad.
The coach said he is willing to stick to the squad that he announced and thus the chance of Under-22 and Under-19 players being promoted to the senior side is slim at this stage even if they perform extraordinarily in the practice matches.
‘Extraordinarily, impressive huh! I have been watching them for quite a long time. The Under-19 side lost to Sheikh Jamal 1-0 in yesterday’s [Saturday’s] practice match while drew 1-1 with the Under-22 side. They are al the same,’ Ilievski told New Age on Sunday.
The SAFF Championship is scheduled to start on December 1.
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