Bangladesh-Afghanistan men's football final today
Monday, 8 February 2010
Bangladesh takes on Afghanistan in the high voltage final of the South Asian Games men's football at the Bangabandu National Stadium today (Monday), reports UNB.
The match kicks off at 6:15 pm.
Talking to reporters Bangladesh skipper Aminul Haque said they would continue their winning spree and win against Afghanistan in the final.
Aminul, the long time server as the national custodian for Bangladesh, just before going to take the final practice session said, "We presented better football so far and I think we achieved success rather losing a bit rhythm against India in the semi-final."
"But in the final we will try our best to keep the tempo from first to last of the final match," he said.
The country's number one custodian Aminul, who don't want to take Afghanistan lightly, said that there is no way to take Afghanistan lightly as they proved worthy by reaching the final berth."
"Every opponent in the final is certainly strong, so it will be not easy task to win the final. I was not happy with the result with India in the semi-final, but I think Afghanistan is better side than India," Aminul said.
Bangladesh smartly reached into the semifinal with all win run beating Nepal 3-0 in opener, blanked 4-0 to Bhutan in the second match and edged past 1-0 to Maldives to emerge group A champion in the meet.
The match kicks off at 6:15 pm.
Talking to reporters Bangladesh skipper Aminul Haque said they would continue their winning spree and win against Afghanistan in the final.
Aminul, the long time server as the national custodian for Bangladesh, just before going to take the final practice session said, "We presented better football so far and I think we achieved success rather losing a bit rhythm against India in the semi-final."
"But in the final we will try our best to keep the tempo from first to last of the final match," he said.
The country's number one custodian Aminul, who don't want to take Afghanistan lightly, said that there is no way to take Afghanistan lightly as they proved worthy by reaching the final berth."
"Every opponent in the final is certainly strong, so it will be not easy task to win the final. I was not happy with the result with India in the semi-final, but I think Afghanistan is better side than India," Aminul said.
Bangladesh smartly reached into the semifinal with all win run beating Nepal 3-0 in opener, blanked 4-0 to Bhutan in the second match and edged past 1-0 to Maldives to emerge group A champion in the meet.