Two weeks’ rest for Booters
The national football team have been given a two-week break ahead of next month’s Joint Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup against Qatar and India. This decision was taken yesterday during a Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) National Teams Committee meeting.
The BFF elected to resume the residential camp from September 25, which means that the team will get two weeks to prepare ahead of their clash with Qatar on October 10 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. Bangladesh will then travel to Kolkata for their third fixture, which will pit them against India on October 15.
“We felt that we don’t need to have a longer camp now because the boys showed that they are fit enough and showed that their attitude was very good. For us, making the camp longer could have negative effects on the players both mentally and physically,” said head coach Jamie Day after meeting with the National Teams Committee at the BFF House.
“The timing of the camp is good for us. It gives us enough time to work on the players. It’s not too long and I pretty much trust the players. I’m looking forward to the new camp as we will try to get some positive results in the upcoming matches,” said the 39-year-old, who is scheduled to leave for England today.
National Teams Committee vice chairman and BFF vice president Tabith Awal informed that the national team will play two practice matches before hosting Qatar, seeing as the squad will leave for India just the day after.
“It was disappointing not to win against Afghanistan but we are satisfied with how the team performed as they showed a fighting spirit for the full 90 minutes. We are hopeful and confident that they will show more fight in the next matches and get some points,” said Awal.
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