AFC Cup

Abahani face a do or die match today

Abahani Limited will play a do or die match in the AFC Cup competition when they will take on JSW Bengaluru of India at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore today at 7:30pm (Bangladesh time).  

But the Bangladesh Premier League champions, who actually had to participate in the AFC Cup competition with huge trouble as they are without two key foreign players and four local booters. Moreover, their central defender Samad Yusuf was uncertain as he yet to get visa to travel to India.
In fact it is something amazing that the management of the team like Abahani Limited could not manage the visa for Samad for last 15 days.   
Apart from foreign booters Lee Tuck of England and Sunday Chizoba of Nigeria, players of starting lineup Tapu Barman, Jewel Rana, Hemanta Vincent Biswas and Ariful Islam are also in the missing list.
Abahani conceded back to back defeat in their first two matches in home and away against the Maziya Sports and Recreation Club of Maldives and Mohun Bagan of India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka and Rabindra Sorobar, Kolkata respectively.
Meanwhile, JSW Bengaluru one of the Indian teams of Group E are leading the points table with winning their both the previous matches.

AFC Cup

Abahani face a do or die match today

Abahani Limited will play a do or die match in the AFC Cup competition when they will take on JSW Bengaluru of India at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore today at 7:30pm (Bangladesh time). But the Bangladesh Premier League champions, who actually had to participate in the AFC Cup competition with huge trouble as they are without two key foreign players and four local booters. Moreover, their central defender Samad Yusuf was uncertain as he yet to get visa to travel to India. In fact it is something amazing that the management of the team like Abahani Limited could not manage the visa for Samad for last 15 days. Apart from foreign booters Lee Tuck of England and Sunday Chizoba of Nigeria, players of starting lineup Tapu Barman, Jewel Rana, Hemanta Vincent Biswas and Ariful Islam are also in the missing list. Abahani conceded back to back defeat in their first two matches in home and away against the Maziya Sports and Recreation Club of Maldives and Mohun Bagan of India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka and Rabindra Sorobar, Kolkata respectively. Meanwhile, JSW Bengaluru one of the Indian teams of Group E are leading the points table with winning their both the previous matches.