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Practice Matches Held

Ilievski unhappy with national hooters A

Sports Reporter
The Bangabandhu National Stadium assumed a festive mood yesterday at the presence of some 76 footballers from the national side, U-22, U-21 and U-19 sides as they played three short-duration practice matches under the watchful eye of national coach Nikola Illievski.
While most of the players appreciated the concept of such games and seemingly enjoyed the day out, coach Illievski was not satisfied with the performance of the national team, who went down 2-1 down against the U-19 team.
The Macedonian coach was however happy with the performance of the U-19 team, which have been training under him since August ahead of their AFC U-19 Qualifiers at home in October, but was worried about the performance of goalkeeper Rafi. However, the Macedonian believes
such problems can be overcome if enough practice matches are held.
“The U-19 team have a good chance of qualifying for the second round but they will have to have more opportunity of playing practice matches before the competition," said Illievski after the practice matches yesterday.
Bangladesh have been drawn in Group A along with Iraq, Saudi Arab, Oman, Nepal and Maldives and the top two teams from each of the seven groups will advance to the 16-team final round while the best third finishers from East and West zones will also join.
The U-19 team have already played five practice matches against the U-21 side and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and are expected to play a few more matches against the U-22 team and the national team.
From the onset, the U-19 side fought fiercely against the national team before eking out a creditable 2-1 win. The national side even saw two of their influ-
ential players -- Sujan and Mamunul Islam limp out with minor injuries.
Forward Sajib of the youth team was remarkable for his movement and stunned the national team after . sending a spectacular side-volley home from outside the danger zone and later broke the off-side trap
to double the margin.
awat Hossain
Shak
Rony reduced the margin for the national team just before the final whistle.
The second eleven of the national team later played out a goalless draw against U-22 side while the second eleven of U-19 team suffered a 3-1 defeat against theU-21 side.
Such practice matches among the four teams will be held again on Thursday.
Illievski was also seemingly upset with the fitness of the national players,
who were given a schedule of individual training after the FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lebanon but the national hooters allegedly did not follow his instruction.
“I have information that the players did not follow my instructions and it was proved today as they looked exhausted after 15 minutes of play,”
Ilievski said he would gather more information about the players and check them before the SAFF Championship.
“We have been training individually but there may be lack of seriousness,” confessed national midfielder Mamunul Islam adding that there is a gulf of difference between training at the club level and at individuallevel.
The Macedonian coach however praised some youngsters like U-21 goalkeeper Shahidul Alam Sohel, winger Sohel Rana, striker Sohel and hinted that they have a good chance of making ittothenationalfold.