BD U-15s gear up for SL tie
Fresh from a moral boosting 5-2 win over Bhutan, defending champions Bangladesh will now aim to keep their winning run intact when they take on Sri Lanka in their second match of the SAFF U-15 Championship at the Kalyani Stadium in Nadia, West Bengal today. The match will get underway at 12:30pm.
Although the boys in red and green faced a few hurdles while overcoming Bhutan in the opening match, they ultimately regrouped and established their supremacy to leave the field with their heads held high. More importantly however, it was a victory that will spur on the two-time champions throughout the tournament.
Instead of training in rainy conditions yesterday, the Bangladesh team underwent a swimming session as a part of their recovery. The players were also brought into review the Bhutan match as well as study tactical information on today’s encounter with Sri Lanka.
“The boys will be trying to carry their first-match performance into the second against Sri Lanka, however, we have to work on the backline and goalkeeping as we conceded two goals against Bhutan due to the mistakes of the goalkeeper and defenders,” said coach Mostafa Anwar Parvez Babu yesterday.
“We watched the Sri Lanka-Nepal match to find out the strongest and weakest points of Sri Lanka. I think their goalkeeper is good one. We will now design our game plan on the basis of our strongest points because we want to win the match against Sri Lanka,” continued Babu, who took the reins of the squad after regular head coach Robert Martin Ryles of Britain fell ill.
Coach Babu also voiced his concerns over the humid weather in Nadia as a few players suffered from dehydration after the first match, which was played under scorching afternoon heat.
“Whether it is rainy conditions or humid conditions, both teams will have the same impact but cooling conditions is always better than playing under humid condition. However, the players must cope with this condition here,” said Babu, who wants to play attacking football against Sri Lanka, who won their first match against Bhutan 3-2 before going on to lose their second encoutner against Nepal 2-0 .
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