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National football team reach Kathmandu safely
DHAKA, MARCH 18, 2021 (BSS) – The Bangladesh national football team
reached Kathmandu, Nepal safely in this afternoon, according to a message
received here from Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) this afternoon.
The booter will stay at Solatee Crowne Plaza Hotel and they will have
their first training session tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at Army playground.
All the team members are well and fit.
Earlier, on the day, the booters left for Nepal to take part in the Tri-
Nation Invitational tournament scheduled to be held from March 23-29 in
Kathmandu.
A Bangladesh Biman Air Lines flight carrying the national football team
left Dhaka for Nepal at 2.15 pm.
Among the twenty five members of Bangladesh squad, defender Rahmat Mia
could not go with the team as he has been tested positive for COVID-19.
A further test of Rahmat Mia will be done on Saturday (March 20). If the
result of Rahmat Mia will come in negative, then he will fly alone for Nepal
on March 22.
Skipper Jamal Bhuyan will join the rest of the team’s members in Nepal
later stage.
Bangladesh will start their tournament campaign taking on Kyrgyzstan U-23
team on March 23 and play their second match against host Nepal on March 27.
Nepal will play their opening match against Kyrgyzstan on March 25.
The top two teams will play the final slated on March 29. All the matches
will be held at Dasharath stadium under the floodlight.
Bangladesh squad: Anisur Rahman (GK), Bishwanath Ghosh, Rimon Hossain,
Masuk Miah Zoni, Biplo Ahamed, Mahbubur Rahman, Matin Miah, Sahidul Alam,
Tutul Hosain Badsha, Sohel Rana, Saad Uddin, Jamal Bhuyan, Rahmat Mia,
Riyadul Hasan, Yeasin Arafat, Mohammad Emon, Mehedi Hasan, Mehadi Hasan,
Ashraful Islam Rana, Mohammad Abdullah, Manik Hossain Molla, Rakib Hossain,
Habibur Rahman Sohag, Suman Reza And Mohammad Jewel. Team officials: Iqbal
Hossain (team manager), Imteaz Hamid (team observer), James Day (head coach),
Stuart Paul Watkiss (assistant coach), Mostofa Anowar Parvez (assistant
coach), Leslie Cleevely (goal keeping coach), Ivan Razlog (fitness coach),
Hasan Mahmud (media officer), Sydur Rahman (team doctor), Amran Hossain
(physio) and Mohsin (team attendant).
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