Booters leave for HK tomorrow
Sports Reporter
Hasanuzzaman Babloo has picked seven senior footballers for Bangladesh's last match in the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers against Hong Kong on Wednesday.Bangladesh, who have lost all their five matches so far, will leave for Hong Kong tomorrow with a 22-member squad that includes mostly under-23 players. Coach Babloo has been preparing the team for next month's Asian Games in Doha where the under-23 side will compete with just four senior players. With no stake in the Asian Cup qualifiers, Babloo felt that it would be better to give the youngsters an exposure ahead of the Asiad, where Bangladesh play South Korea, Bahrain and Vietnam in the group stage. "We will play positive and hope to take revenge against Hong Kong," told Babloo. Bangladesh lost to Hong Kong 1-0 at home but during the Asian Cup qualifier four years ago Bangladesh had drew 2-2 away. "We have a young team but I feel that we are capable of bringing good results from Hong Kong," said Babloo who chose goalkeeper and national captain Aminul, Rajani, Nazrul, Parvez Babu, Matiur Munna, Alfaz and Farhad among the seniors. The team will return on November 17. Squad Goalkeepers: Aminul, Himel; defenders: Titu, Waly, Siraji, Ariful, Rajani, Nazrul, Parvez; midfielders: Arman Aziz, Abul, Faisal Mahmud, Munna; forwards: Robin, Emily, Zahid Hossain, Alfaz and Farhad. Officials: Mojammel Haque Mukta (manager), Hasanuzzaman Babloo (coach), Bayzid Alam Jubair (assistant coach), Moshiyur Rahman (physician).
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