Bangladesh ready for Afghanistan test today

Bangladesh National Football team will start their campaign in the joint Qualification (Round-1) of the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 taking on Afghanistan today (Tuesday) in the Republican Central National Stadium in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, reports UNB.

The match will kick off at 8 pm (BdST).

Bangla TV will telecast Bangladesh-Afghanistan match from Dushanbe on Tuesday at 8 pm.

In a pre-match press-conference at Atlas Hotel in Dushanbe Monday morning, Bangladesh Head Coach Jamie Day said his players are ready and looking forward for Tuesday's match.

In their last five meeting against Afghanistan, Bangladesh won one match by 4-1 goals in 1979, lost one match by 0-4 goals in the South Asian Federation (SAFF) Games in 2015 while the rest three matches ended in draw.

Bangladesh Captain Jamal Bhuiyan, Team Manager Satyajit Das Rupu, Afghanistan football team Head Coach Anoush Dastgir and other officials of FIFA and AFC were present in the press conference.

Bangladesh ranked 182nd in FIFA and ranked 37th in the AFC ranking while Afghanistan was placed 149th in the FIFA Ranking and 29th AFC ranking.

Afghanistan coach Anous Dastgir said, "We're ready to play our 2nd match against Bangladesh. It'll be different game as Bangladesh are very good team and they have new coaches including good players."