Excited Yamali aims to raise the bar

Bangladesh national football team went through a different endurance session under assistant coach Rene Koster and new physical trainer Muhammet Yamali at the BFF artificial turf Monday.   The 24-year-old Turkish origin Dutch trainer expressed his excitement about the new horizon he will explore and was confident in turning the national players fit for winning the Saff Championship scheduled in September.   Yamali was excited with the new job and said, “I am a physical therapist and coach. I worked with Rene with Almere City and he asked me if I am interested to work with Bangladesh team and I was very excited with the offer.   “My goal is to get the players as fit as possible for the Saff football championship to win it. So we can reach our goal to win the title. As much as I know that Bangladeshi players did not know their body, I would like to teach the players how to control the body and controlling the body is very important in every sport,” said Yamali.   However, the new trainer said he will take time before he gets serious in the business. “I can begin with that to make them stronger faster and better. I have never met the players before and I don’t have much idea about them. From tomorrow I will start the test. For the first two days I will test the players and make a profile of the every player. Then I will see who needs the extra attention to get fit before September,” said Yamali.   However, Yamali said he will have to wait for the official appointment. “I didn’t have any contact with BFF yet. In the next few days I will discuss to reach a conclusion about my contract,” hoped the Dutch.   His message to the players was, “If you want to stay in the squad you have to work hard.” Rene Koster said head coach Lodewijk de Kruif will arrive on Friday and the full-fledged training will start after his arrival. “Now I have started my work officially. I have 34 players and I said them what I expect from them. I told them how to play, what we want to do and how to reach our goal. That’s very important and everybody has to believe in it,” said Koster.