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Rare exhibition for hooters

Sports Reporter
Bangladesh will set off for Nepal tomorrow to play two exhibition matches, and while the games will be low-key affairs, the tour will mark a landmark as a significant departure from usual practice for the national football team. Traditionally, overseas tours for the football team have always concentrated on either tournaments or preparatory matches ahead of tournaments. This is the first time, that the team will be going to play exhibition games without the impending pressure of a tournament.
Most of the national players have been idle since the completion of the Bangladesh Premier League in early July. But due to this timely intervention from the National
Teams' Committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) the hooters will find themselves employed in the off-season. This will help the hooters keep up their fitness during the off-season, while also acting as preparation for next year's international engagements. The new season is set to get underway from Saturday, through the Federation Shield, which is a qualifying tournament for the Federation Cup.
Some 81 hooters split into four groups had started the off-season training since August 25. The number of hooters was reduced to 28 on September 6 and yesterday coach Saiful Bari Ttitu announced a 23-member final squad with the inclusion of four new faces goalkeeper Maksudur Rahman Mustaq, midfielder Sohel Rana, defender Raihan Hasan and striker Anwar Hossain.
Bangladesh's two exhibition matches
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against the Himalayan nation is set for September 18 and 20 and the modest goal from the tour will be not losing against a much-improved Nepal.
Nepal has held their own against Bangladesh of late and beat Bangladesh 1 -0 in the SAFF Championship. The story is even more bleak in the age-group levels as the Nepalese U-22 team completely annihilated their Bangladeshi counterparts 4-0 in the inaugural AFC U-22 Asia Cup early this year.
“There was not enough time to make the players' fully fit but I worked to build up their stamina so that they can fight the full 90 minutes and I hope the players will not disappoint us in the rare exhibition matches," said coach Saiful Bari Titu at a press conference at the BFF
House yesterday.
To win the game against Nepal, coach Titu wants to rely on a solid defence with the hopes of swift counter-attacks to snatch victory. “We will definitely play for a victory but our approach will be cautious against them," said Titu explaining that they might adopt a counter-attack based strategy.
Captain Mohammad Sujan said they unfortunately lost to Nepal in their last meeting but promised that they would concentrate to try to set the record straight.
Defender Sujan also pointed out the wrong strategy by the then coach Nikola Illievski was one of reasons to go down against Nepal but this time they would play under different coach and try to play accordingly.