Bangladesh booters reach Perth to face Australia

Bangladesh national football team reached Perth yesterday afternoon to play their FIFA World Cup qualifier. The first ever international football match between Bangladesh and Australia will be played at the Western Australia capital on September 3.
The Bangladesh squad flew to Perth at 3.30 pm (Australian local time) from Kuala Lumpur. Bangladesh stayed in Kuala Lumpur for three days to play a FIFA Friendly with Malaysian national team on Saturday. The match ended in a goalless draw with Bangladesh adopting an impregnable defence in a bid not to concede a defeat to Malaysia. It was ninth international matches between the two countries. In earlier eight occasions, Bangladesh won one, drew one and lost the remaining matches to Malaysia.
Bangladesh team after safely reaching Perth, the tem was taken to Hotel Crown Plaza near the River Swan.
The members of Bangladesh squad were received by Bangladesh Welfare Association at the Perth International Airport.
Head Coach Lodewijk de Kruif did not waste his time as he took the boys to the Lanle Park, Perth, to attend a 45-minute practice session. Kruif will have to watch the match outside the ground as FIFA has suspended him for one match for his misbehaviour with an assistant referee during a World Cup qualifying match with Kyrgyzstan in Dhaka. Local coach Saiful Bari Titu, who just returned home from Nepal after performing his duty with the National Under-19 team in the SAFF U-19 Tournament.
The temperature in Perth is 14 degree at night and the day time temperature is 19 degree.
Bangladesh have already played their home matches of the World Cup Qualifying round, when they went down to Kyrgyzstan by 3-1 and drew with the Tajikistan by 1-1.  
Another agency report from Perth adds: Socceroos star Tim Cahill says he and his teammates will put on a show for the international soccer-starved WA public when the national team ends a decade-long absence from Perth this week.
Cahill, the 35-year-old face of Australian soccer, will play in Perth for the first time in his storied career when the Socceroos host Bangladesh in Thursday night’s World Cup qualifier here.
Cahill is one of only eight men to have scored at three separate World Cups and is biding for an unlikely fourth consecutive World Cup appearance in 2018. The­in-form Shanghai Shenhua ­attacker is in contention to lead his country in Perth in the ­absence of regular skipper Mile Jedinak, who has withdrawn with a hamstring injury.

Bangladesh booters reach Perth to face Australia

Bangladesh national football team reached Perth yesterday afternoon to play their FIFA World Cup qualifier. The first ever international football match between Bangladesh and Australia will be played at the Western Australia capital on September 3. The Bangladesh squad flew to Perth at 3.30 pm (Australian local time) from Kuala Lumpur. Bangladesh stayed in Kuala Lumpur for three days to play a FIFA Friendly with Malaysian national team on Saturday. The match ended in a goalless draw with Bangladesh adopting an impregnable defence in a bid not to concede a defeat to Malaysia. It was ninth international matches between the two countries. In earlier eight occasions, Bangladesh won one, drew one and lost the remaining matches to Malaysia. Bangladesh team after safely reaching Perth, the tem was taken to Hotel Crown Plaza near the River Swan. The members of Bangladesh squad were received by Bangladesh Welfare Association at the Perth International Airport. Head Coach Lodewijk de Kruif did not waste his time as he took the boys to the Lanle Park, Perth, to attend a 45-minute practice session. Kruif will have to watch the match outside the ground as FIFA has suspended him for one match for his misbehaviour with an assistant referee during a World Cup qualifying match with Kyrgyzstan in Dhaka. Local coach Saiful Bari Titu, who just returned home from Nepal after performing his duty with the National Under-19 team in the SAFF U-19 Tournament. The temperature in Perth is 14 degree at night and the day time temperature is 19 degree. Bangladesh have already played their home matches of the World Cup Qualifying round, when they went down to Kyrgyzstan by 3-1 and drew with the Tajikistan by 1-1. Another agency report from Perth adds: Socceroos star Tim Cahill says he and his teammates will put on a show for the international soccer-starved WA public when the national team ends a decade-long absence from Perth this week. Cahill, the 35-year-old face of Australian soccer, will play in Perth for the first time in his storied career when the Socceroos host Bangladesh in Thursday nights World Cup qualifier here. Cahill is one of only eight men to have scored at three separate World Cups and is biding for an unlikely fourth consecutive World Cup appearance in 2018. Thein-form Shanghai Shenhua attacker is in contention to lead his country in Perth in the absence of regular skipper Mile Jedinak, who has withdrawn with a hamstring injury.