Bangladesh Football squad off to KSA
Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh Football squad left the city on Wednesday for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to take part in an 11-day long conditioning camp at Taif City in KSA.
Defender and senior player Rahmat Mia could not go to Taif yesterday due to visa complications. If everything goes well Rahmat Mia will join the squad today.
Earlier, Head Coach of Bangladesh Football team announced a 30-member preliminary squad for the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers and FIFA World Cup Qualifiers match against India. A total of 28 booters took a four-day long coaching camp at the Bashundhara Kings Arena under supervision of Spanish Coach Javier Cabrera.
England-born Bangladeshi Hamza Dewan Choudhury and Italy-born Bangladeshi footballer Fahamedul Islam could not take part in the four-day long training camp.
Fahamedul Islam will join Bangladesh squad on March 10 from Italy to Taif. On the other hand, Hamza Dewan Choudhury will not go to Taif. He will join Bangladesh preliminary squad on March 17. Bangladesh squad are scheduled to return home on March 17.
It may be mentioned that Hamza Dewan Choudhury is playing for Leicester City Football Club in English Premier League, while Fahamedul Islam is playing for Olbia in Serie D of Italy.
Bangladesh will play their away match of the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers and FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against India at Shillong of India on March 25.