The men’s national football team is all set to face the Maldives in the South Asian Football Federation Championship in India’s Bengaluru tomorrow. The team was in Kolkata for almost a week to train and acclimatise to the Indian weather.
Bhutan is placed in Group B alongside Bangladesh, Lebanon and the Maldives. Meanwhile, Kuwait, India, Nepal and Pakistan are in Group A. Lebanon and Kuwait are competing as guest teams. Matches in the group stage will be played in a single round-robin format. The top four teams from the group stage will go through to the semifinals.
BBS talked with Bhutan’s captain Karma Shedrup ahead of tomorrow’s 8 PM encounter with the Maldives.
𝗠𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀The men's national football team is all set to face the Maldives in the South Asian Football Federation Championship in India's Bengaluru tomorrow. The team was in Kolkata for almost a week to train and acclimatise to the Indian weather. Bhutan is placed in Group B alongside Bangladesh, Lebanon and the Maldives. Meanwhile, Kuwait, India, Nepal and Pakistan are in Group A. Lebanon and Kuwait are competing as guest teams. Matches in the group stage will be played in a single round-robin format. The top four teams from the group stage will go through to the semifinals. BBS talked with Bhutan's captain Karma Shedrup ahead of tomorrow's 8 PM encounter with the Maldives.#thimphu #bbs #news #asia #druk #media #bhutan #bhutanese
Posted by BBS on Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Ugyen Dorji
