Bangladesh upbeat about final berth

Bahrain coach thinks home team play under pressure

All the semifinalist teams are focusing on to play the final of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament while the first one will take place today with Bangladesh facing Bahrain.
The match will kick off at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 5:30 pm with Channel 9 will telecast live the match.
Bangladesh national side on their way to reach the semifinal defeated Sri Lanka by 4-2 and drew next two group matches with 1-1against Malaysia and also one all against Nepal.  
On the other hands, Bahrain had a solitary goal win against Cambodia and drew with Bangladesh Under-23 and Maldives.
Bangladesh could not fully enjoy or utilised the home advantage, despite playing better in every match with having better scoring chances than their opponents, But they disappointed the home crowds failing to win against Malaysia and Nepal.
Bangladesh could score only five goals four goals against Sri Lanka and one goal against Malaysia and conceded three.   
However, the head coach Maruful Haque and captain Mamuul Islam expressed their high hopes to get rid of all the lacking of previous matches and will perform better to move into the final.  
Maruful said, “We begin the tournament with our initial target to make a winning start, boys made it success then we set the target to move into the semifinal and now we are going to play that, so certainly now we are looking forward to make it final.”
“I have work on those areas, where the boys become shaky, we worked on mentally and physically to improve them.”
“Specially, at the finishing hour, our players could not implement the techniques. My messages to them to be prompt during the finishing hour to utilise the opportunities which come to their ways,” said Maruful.  
Mamunul just echoed with the coach but he said that they were improving day by day, as they played better than every opponents, only their lacking were not to execute the scoring chances.
“In fact we began the match with some pressure, but BFF president (Salahuddin Bhai) talked to us, coach and team leader all encouraged us.”

Bangladesh upbeat about final berth

Bahrain coach thinks home team play under pressure

All the semifinalist teams are focusing on to play the final of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament while the first one will take place today with Bangladesh facing Bahrain. The match will kick off at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 5:30 pm with Channel 9 will telecast live the match. Bangladesh national side on their way to reach the semifinal defeated Sri Lanka by 4-2 and drew next two group matches with 1-1against Malaysia and also one all against Nepal. On the other hands, Bahrain had a solitary goal win against Cambodia and drew with Bangladesh Under-23 and Maldives. Bangladesh could not fully enjoy or utilised the home advantage, despite playing better in every match with having better scoring chances than their opponents, But they disappointed the home crowds failing to win against Malaysia and Nepal. Bangladesh could score only five goals four goals against Sri Lanka and one goal against Malaysia and conceded three. However, the head coach Maruful Haque and captain Mamuul Islam expressed their high hopes to get rid of all the lacking of previous matches and will perform better to move into the final. Maruful said, We begin the tournament with our initial target to make a winning start, boys made it success then we set the target to move into the semifinal and now we are going to play that, so certainly now we are looking forward to make it final. I have work on those areas, where the boys become shaky, we worked on mentally and physically to improve them. Specially, at the finishing hour, our players could not implement the techniques. My messages to them to be prompt during the finishing hour to utilise the opportunities which come to their ways, said Maruful. Mamunul just echoed with the coach but he said that they were improving day by day, as they played better than every opponents, only their lacking were not to execute the scoring chances. In fact we began the match with some pressure, but BFF president (Salahuddin Bhai) talked to us, coach and team leader all encouraged us.