DHAKA, June 16, 2023 (BSS)-Bangladesh national football team's skipper Jamal
Bhuyan said their aim is to win the SAFF Championship which will be held from
June 21 to July 4 in Bengaluru, India.
"We want the championship, but our first target is Lebanon. If we can take
one or three points from this match, then it will be good for us. We have to
go match by match, but it's true that our main goal is the championship,
Jamal said through a video message before leaving Cambodia for Bengaluru
today (Friday)."
Before the SAFF Championship, the Cambodia mission of the Bangladesh football
team was a success. Earlier, leaving Dhaka, coach Javier Cabrera and captain
Jamal Bhuyan told that they want to boost their confidence by winning the
matches in Cambodia and their expectation has been met.
Bangladesh beat local premier league club Tiffy Army FC by 1-0 goal in the
practice match and defeated host Cambodia also by the same identical margin
in the FIFA Tier-1 Int'l Friendly match as a part of preparation of the
upcoming SAFF Championship. The booters confidence level definitely up than
before after winning two matches.
Jamal said: "We have won the last two matches. So, the confidence has
increased than before. It's definitely good for the team. There were two test
matches for us and we won both, but I want more before performance from my
team. Playing better will increase confidence level."
The midfielder said though they won the two matches by 1-0 margin but the
captain upbeat to play better in the future as Bangladesh is going to face
against Lebanon in their SAFF opening match.
He said they would work on the match against Lebanon in the next few days and
also work of match planning, added the Bangladesh captain.
Bangladesh went there four days ago to play a match against the Bangladesh
captain replying to a another quarry said it'll be good for the team to reach
Bengaluru four or five days before SAFF Championship because in this mean
time the team would able to adapt the local environment.
