U-19s take on Bahrain today
Bangladesh will take on hosts Bahrain in their first match of Group E of the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers at the Khalifa Sports City Stadium in Manama today, looking to qualify for the final round for the first time in 17 years.
The match will kick off at 10:00pm Bangladesh time.
Champions of 11 groups and four best runners-up teams will join Uzbekistan in the final round, which will be held from October 16 to 31 next year.
Bangladesh have been pitted alongside Bahrain, Jordan and Bhutan in the group and they will take on Jordan on November 8 before ending the qualifying campaign against South Asian rivals Bhutan two days later.
Bangladesh coach Andrew Peter Turner was looking forward to the competition as he felt his team is well prepared for the challenge.
“We are very much looking forward to this competition. We have prepared really well; had a very good SAFF competition. We’ve looked into the teams and the players and what they are about. We are looking to compete against three excellent teams,” the coach said at the pre-tournament press briefing on Monday.
The English coach also said he was glad to see the support of the local Bangladeshi staff at the team hotel and hoped his team could give them a reason to celebrate.
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