South Asians dont want to play. First Bangladesh and Nepal drama then BFC in Maldives and now this. These nations deserve to play cricket only no wonder considered worst football region in the world.
ATK Mohun Bagan to hold camp in Qatar, Habas will join directly in Qatar along with 4 foreigners (Tiri,McHughs,Williams and Krishna) indian squad will fly out on June 16th, indian national team players will directly join atk from National team.
With a Lebanon team advancing to knockout, India's chance for a GS spot in 2023 ACL is almost over. The only hope is to catch-up with Tajikistan who's currently in 10th spot.
For that one of the teams should advance to Inter-zonal final or maybe even the final.
Not only that, Istiklol who's playing in ACL should lose.
Another way for India now is to stay at 11th (ahead of fast approaching Bangladesh & Kuwait) and hope that either of Lebanon or Turkmenistan clubs fail to get license for ACL.
According to the Bengali daily Aajkaal, the AFC Cup group D matches might be hosted in an independent venue like Dubai, Doha is also in contention.
ATK MB and BFC have already informed that they are not in a position to arrange these matches. Similar is the case with Bashundhara Kings. In such a scenario, the responsibility of hosting these matches would devolve on Maldives. But if they refuse to host the matches because of the pandemic, then AFC might arrange these matches at an alternative venue without changing the schedule.
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2-leg Zonal Semifinal on 13-14 Sep & 27-28 Aug
Al-Ahed (LBN) vs Al-Muharraq (BHR)
Al-Salt (JOR) vs Al-Kuwait (KUW)
Next up: ASEAN Zone Playoffs on 20th June
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2-leg Zonal Semifinal on 13-14 Sep & 27-28 Sep
For that one of the teams should advance to Inter-zonal final or maybe even the final.
Not only that, Istiklol who's playing in ACL should lose.
Another way for India now is to stay at 11th (ahead of fast approaching Bangladesh & Kuwait) and hope that either of Lebanon or Turkmenistan clubs fail to get license for ACL.
ATK MB and BFC have already informed that they are not in a position to arrange these matches. Similar is the case with Bashundhara Kings. In such a scenario, the responsibility of hosting these matches would devolve on Maldives. But if they refuse to host the matches because of the pandemic, then AFC might arrange these matches at an alternative venue without changing the schedule.