Bangladesh face Lebanon today

Bangladesh will start their eight-nation SAFF Championship campaign as they will face Lebanon in their opening Group B match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangaluru today (Thursday), reports BSS.
Private satellite channel T-Sports will telecast the match live that kicks off at 4 pm (BST).
Bangladesh reached Bengaluru after beating Cambodia in a lone FIFA Friendly match held in Cambodia. In that continuity, the Bangladesh head coach Javier Cabrera is expecting a positive result in this championship.
Cabrera, earlier, said that they are going to participate in the championship with a hope of positive result.
Putting Lebanon ahead in the fight and admitting strong as the team, Javier said that Lebanon played more matches than Bangladesh in recent times.
After 2009, Bangladesh could not reach the group stage of SAFF. This year, challenging is waiting more for the red-green jersey holders. Spanish coach Cabrera is going to take up the challenge of SAFF for the first time after taking over as the head coach of Bangladesh team.
Although the difference between the Bangladesh (192) and tournament favorite Lebanon (99) in the FIFA ranking is very high, no one is looking down on anyone in the field.
Lebanon are debutants in the competition.
The remaining two group matches of Bangladesh will be held on June 25 and June 28. Bangladesh will play against Maldives on June 25 at 4 pm (BST) and will face Bhutan on June 28 at 8 pm (BST). All the matches will be held at the same venue.
The semifinal of the championship will be held on July 01 while the final is slated for July 04. The timing of semifinals and final of the championship will be confirmed later stage.
Bangladesh squad: Anisur Rahman Zico, Sahidul Alam Sohel, Mitul Marma, Topu Barman, Bishwanath Ghosh, Tariq Raihan Kazi, Alomgir Molla, Rahmat Mia, Mehedi Hasan Mithu, Isa Faysal, Md. Ridoy, Sohel Rana, Sheikh Morsalin, Jamal Bhuyan, Mojibor Rahman Jony, Md Sohel Rana, Rabiul Hasan, Suman Reza, Foysal Ahmed Fahim, Mohammad Ibrahim, Rakib Hossain, Aminur Rahman Sojib and Md. Rafiqul Islam.