Booters to play against Qatar's Division II side
Bangladesh national football team will play a practice match against Al Mesaimeer Sports Club in Qatar on Wednesday as part of their preparation for the upcoming Asian Games and September's SAFF Championship.
The booters were supposed to play two practice matches in Qatar, but they will get to play one match against Al Mesaimeer Club, a second-division team who finished fourth in 2017-18 season with 10 points from 11 matches.
“We have been informed that most of the clubs are outside the country for pre-season preparation and also due to high temperature [45 to 46 degrees celsius] in Qatar, so setting up practice matches against local sides was a difficult task,” informed assistant coach Masud Kaiser Parvez over phone yesterday.
Parvez, however, believes Al Mesaimeer, with Croat coaching staff, will be a competitive side as they are playing in second division with a quest of qualifying for top-tier Qatar Stars League.
The Bangladesh team have been in Qatar for a two-week training camp under the guidance of English coach Jamie Day, who took charge last month and has been trying to get the right combination ahead of the Asian Games and the SAFF Championship.
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