AFC Asian Cup
BFF announces 33-man squad
Sports Reporter
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced 33-man squad yesterday for the upcoming AFC Asian Cup pre-qualifying matches against Bhutan and a FIFA International Friendly match against Maldives.
The Asian Cup qualifiers will be held on September 6 and 10 at home and away respectively while the friendly match before the Asian Cup will take place on Sept 6 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The final squad for the Asian Cup Qualifying will be announced after the FIFA friendly.
However, Tom Saintfiet, the Belgian coach, who is going to sign a three months contract with the BFF very soon, has been watching the matches of the Bangladesh Premier League, had a weeklong practice session before the league.
Saintfiet about the team he considered said that he gave importance in both experiences and fresh bloods.
Saintfiet explained all about the selection of the team when he was talking to the reporters at the BFF, We have a selection made about young players who played good in the league and also experienced players who have experiences in the national team.
So its a very diverse selection of 33 of which we will reduce to 23 later on and we are going to create a team who is going to win against Bhutan and Maldives, said Saintfiet.
I have a list of 52 players who are playing good and the federation has a place for only 32 players for camp. I cannot all players who are playing good. I know Ibrahim, I know the main players who are not selected but they can be selected for future. Every player must perform every week on top level.
