14 November
THE Myanmar national football team will play against the Tajikistan national team today in a crucial Group F match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at the Mandalar Thiri Stadium in Mandalay.
The press conference for the match was held yesterday at the Pull Man Mingalar Mandalay Hotel in Mandalay.
The head coaches and key players of both teams attended the ceremony. Speaking about the upcoming match, Myanmar national football team head coach Antoine Hey said that he was happy to meet team Tajikistan again. He said he trained team Myanmar three weeks ago, not for only the match against Tajikistan, but for the next world cup qualifiers group match.
The coach has selected 23 players out of 35 for the national squad. The head coach said that team Myanmar has been well-trained physically and tactically.
He said he believed that Myanmar players now have more confidence to destroy the previous bad results in the qualifiers.
Hey also asked Myanmar fans to encourage the team and said the players would do their best for the crucial match. Head coach of the Tajikistan national football team, Usmon Toshev, said that the match against Myanmar would be really interesting, and he claimed that he would try for a good result. The head coach added that the team which played better would get more chances. He also said that the match would be a difficult one as team Myanmar is a fast and strong team.
Usmon also said that his team had prepared their best. Team Tajikistan has come to Myanmar not just for football, but for learning about Myanmar’s lovely culture and living standards, and they are feeling happy in Myanmar, he added. The match between Myanmar and Tajikistan will start at 5 p.m. (Myanmar Standard Time) today.
Lynn Thit (Tgi)
