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Fitness concerns on coaches' minds

Sports Reporter
Country's top hooters, split into four groups, have had six days of training till yesterday yet their respective coaches are not happy with the progress they have achieved, especially with their fitness level.
The seven-day training schedule is quite insufficient to get the players back to full fitness level since the players have been idle for the last two months after the end of the fifth Bangladesh League early July and gained a lot of weight. So the players will be nowehere near fitness when they get to the practice matches on September 2,4 and 6.
Of the 81 players to have been training, some 30 to 35 players will be selected after the six practice matches for a training camp of further one month before naming a final squad which will travel to Nepal to play three exhibition matches.
According to the coaches, the players are well aware of the fact that their places in the national side is not certain as the coaches now have more options to choose from in
every position.
“They are professional footballers but their fitness level is poor. Actually they're not aware of their job during the off-season.
“It is not possible to make them fit in sevenday training, rather I have been working on to increase their professionalism and boost them psychologically as well the fitness aspects he should be careful about,” said Green Team coach Nurul Haque Manik yesterday.
“I don't want to mention any names but many national players don't know the importance of gym and proper food schedule a player needs to maintain,” said the former midfielder adding that five to seven players from the second string 19-member squad are likely to get chance in the30-35squad.
The condition of the Red team, comprising senior players, is comparatively better than other three squads as some of the senior players kept themselves busy with training during this period.
“I am working improving their fitness level as some of them refrained from training in the last two months," Red Team coach Golam Jilani said. “Apart from fitness training, I am also working on tactical side as I felt
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they showed poor tactical knowledge during international matches.”
Jilani believes few players who have international experience will also have to battle to ensure their places in the final squad.
“They know it well that they will lose their position in the national squad if they fail to prove themselves and it seems they are serious in practice to ensure their places," said Jilani, who worked as an assistant coach to former national coach Nikola Ilievski during the SAFF Football Championship.
The youngest squad aged between 18 and 20 has been training under coach Abdur Razzak, who seemed disappointed with condition of the future players.
“They are technically very poor and their fitness level is not up to the mark as well,” said Razzak adding that he puts importance on conditioning, motivation, concentration and professionalism.
He however said he was impressed with few players like midfielder Sohel Rana, Shafiqul Islam Bipui, striker Wahed Ahmed, defender Shawkat Russel, Raihan Hasan and goalkeeper Rasel Mahmud Liton.