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A 21-member Bangladesh football team left the city Saturday for Karachi to play the away match of the Asian Cup pre-qualifiers against Pakistan, reports BDNEWS.
The Bangladesh-Pakistan second leg match will be held at the People's Sports Complex Stadium in Karachi tomorrow (December 26).
The away-match would be tough one for the SAFF Championship runners-up, especially after drawing 0-0 with Pakistan at home Wednesday.
However, coach Diego Cruciani and captain Arif Khan Joy were hopeful that they would be able to lift the team spirit and return home with a positive outcome.
Bangladesh beat Pakistan by a solitary goal in the SAFF Championship semifinal, but since the 0-2 lose to India in the final Cruciani's boys seemed yet to recover from the hangover.
Striker Shahjuddin Tipu and defender Faisal Ahmed were dropped from the 20-member squad to shorten the players' list. The team will return home on December 27.
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