Fifa friendly on the cards

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is planning to host a Fifa friendly match with India in September after national team’s Dutch head coach Lodewijk de Kruif expressed his desire to get his boys involved in more international friendlies.

The Dutch coach discussed with BFF president Kazi Salahuddin and national team committee member Tabith Awal regarding the issue.

“Kruif wants to play more friendly matches on a regular basis in order to boost up the national team and players. There is an opportunity to play Fifa friendly in September and the coach wants to make the proper use of it. We also talked about this with the president (Salahuddin),” said Tabith Awal after the meeting, who is also the vice president of BFF.