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Booters back to business
DHAKA, Oct. 24, 2020 (BSS)- The national booters backed to business after a prolonged eight months gap as they joined their first practice session today ahead of the FIFA friendly matches against visiting Nepal national football team next month.
Defying the rain, fifteen players joined the fitness training at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. The first day’s fitness training, which lasted two hours, included running, stretching and passing with the ball. As the foreign coaching staff are absent at the moment, so the preliminary camp will continue under the supervision of local coaching staff.
Talking to the reporters today, footballer Saaduddin said, preparations for the return of international football have become less for them and he also admitted that their fitness level is not up to the mark at the moment. These will not be a problem, even if difficult, can be recovered.
He said as Nepal team is their known opponents so they don’t think of them separately and upbeat to snatch a good result against Nepal.
Bangladesh are scheduled to host Nepal on November 13 and 17 at the BNS as a part of preparation of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and Asian Cup.
The English born Bangladesh national football team’s coach Jamie Day retained the same squad that he had earlier picked up for the October and November matches of the Joint Qualifiers of World Cup and Asian Cup, which was postponed by FIFA/AFC to next year.
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