Booters face Lijiang today

Having started their ASEAN International Football Tournament campaign in Yunnan with a 3-2 defeat against Myanmar on Friday, Bangladesh national football team will look to bounce back when they face hosts Lijiang team in their second match today. However, the preparation for the second match has not been ideal for Fabio Lopez's charges.

Having reached the Yunnan province late on Wednesday night, Bangladesh had to take the field early in the morning to face Myanmar following attendance in the opening ceremony. And according to messages from the team, they did not hold any practice sessions yesterday, spending time at the hotel.

Jamal Bhuiyan, in his post-match reaction, had said that he felt Bangladesh should have won that match while he also felt the team might need to work on formation ahead of the second game, according to the message sent from Yunnan. The midfielder also informed that the Bangladesh players are having difficulties with food as they are served only Chinese food.

The fourth team in Bangladesh's group are a team from the Hebei province of China. Three teams from each of the two groups will go through to the next round.