Dhaka Feb 19: Bangladesh Under-23 football team left Dhaka for Kuwait by Biman Bangladesh Airline Sunday night to take part in the London Olympic Games-2012 Qualifying round away match with the hope to do their level best.
Bangladesh, lead by Mithun Chowdhury, will play their first leg match against Kuwait on February 23 at Al Qadsya Club ground in Kuwait City at 18:20 (Local time, Kuwait).
Bangladesh coach Robert Rubcic and assistant coach Shaiful Bari Titu’s views were realistic and they asked not to expect too much from the team because of huge technical and tactical gaps between the two teams. “Our team will play positive football and we will try to do our level best but you know, there is huge gap between two teams both technically and tactically. We should not compare with each other,” told Titu.
In the FIFA ranking, Bangladesh (157) are 56 steps behind of Kuwait (101) who have won the Gulf Cup beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 last December.
However, Titu set their target to do something good, “You know Kuwait is much stronger than us but we will try to do something good. We may take counter attack strategy.”
The team will return home on February 25th and will play the home match against Kuwait on 9th March, 2011 in Dhaka. Head of Delegation and BFF Vice President Kazi Nabil Ahmed could not make the trip due to illness.
This will be the first assignment for the Croatian-born Bangladesh head coach Rubcic, who took charge of the national team in last September, after Asian Games.
The squad: Mithun Chowdhury (Captain), Md. Nehal, Md. Sahidul Alam, Saikat Bhowmik, Touhidul Islam Siddique, Md. Yousuf, Tawhidul Alam (Sabuz), Shaikh Alamgir Kabir (Rana), Choumrin Rakhine, Md. Monaem Khan Raju, Shahedul Alam Shahed, Md. Habubur Rahman (Sohag), Md. Naimur Rahman Shahed, Md. Linkon, Md. Mintu Shekh, Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna, Uttam Kumar Bonik, Mohammed Shakawat Hossain Rony.
Officials: Amirul Islam (Team Manager), Robert Rubcic (Head Coach), A.K.M. Saiful Bari Titu (Assistant Coach), Dr. Md. Sharafat Hossain (Team Doctor), Md. Zaber Bin Taher Ansari (Team Media Officer), Md. Mohocin (Masseur).
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