Jamie Day asks to BFF for team’s smooth training in Kyrgyzstan

The national football team head coach Jamie Day has asked to Bangladesh Football Federation to take necessary step for national team’s smooth training in Kyrgyzstan ahead of the three tough preparation matches in the coming FIFA window from 30 August to 7 September, said BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag.

“Jamie Day asked the BFF to take step for national team’s smooth training in Kyrgyzstan ground ahead of the Bangladesh’s first match on 5 September …if the team could start preparation from 31 August in Kyrgyzstan, the team will get at least five day’s training there,” Shohag said newspersons today (Tuesday).

He said existing fixtures of the ongoing league will continue till 27 August. After the end of the league, the team is likely to leave for Kyrgyzstan on 30 August. The BFF is also trying to ensure logistic support for the team so that the team can fly to Kyrgyzstan in time, he added.

Shohag further said apart from the home venue of Bangabandhu National Stadium, the league’s matches are being held at two more venues – Birshrestha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium and Bangladesh Army Stadium. The main aim to use the three venues is to complete the league as soon as possible so that the BFF can concentrate on the other local and international events, reports BSS.

The BFF general secretary said after the Kyrgyzstan tour, the national booters will have little respite as they will start the national team’s camp for the SAFF Championship in September.

The national football team is set to play preparation matches Kyrgyzstan, Palestine in the coming FIFA window.

Apart from the matches against two strong sides, the boys in red and green are also slated to play against the Kyrgyzstan U-23 side with all three matches considered to be part of the national team’s preparation for SAFF Championship in the Maldives.