Captain Jamal Bhuyan joins national team's practice session Thursday

Captain of Bangladesh National Football team Jamal Bhuyan joined the practice session of the national team at the Bashundhara Kings Arena on Thursday afternoon.

Jamal Bhuyan arrived Dhaka from Argentina on Wednesday (August 30) morning and joined the national team's camp in the evening ahead of Bangladesh's two FIFA International Friendlies against touring Afghanistan, UNB reported.

Bangladesh national team will play two FIFA Tier-1 International Friendlies against Afghanistan on August 4 and 7 at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in the capital as part of their preparation for the World Cup Qualifiers against the Maldives in October.
During the day's practice session, Jamal Bhuyan said: "I am very glad to join the team today, I am very happy to come to Bangladesh and local weather is warm and good, ".

"Afghanistan is a very strong side, they are 30 to 40 places above us, their maximum players played in Europe, they are stronger than us, but we have to maintain our SAFF spirit taking the advantage of homeground" he added.

Earlier, Jamal Bhuyan led  his new Argentine club Sol de Mayo to victory in a memorable debut last Sunday, getting on the score sheet too in the process of scoring a goal in the 81st from a penalty.

Jamal Bhuiyan was honoured with the captain's armband  for his team in the Argentine Torneo Federal A League (3rd division league) match, as Sol de Mayo beat Germinal 2-1.

With this victory,  Jamal's club Sol de Mayo advanced to the 5th place in the nine-team league.

Jamal Bhuyan will leave Dhaka for Argentina soon after playing the 2nd FIFA International Friendly against Afghanistan on September 7 to play the next match of his Argentine  team (Sol de Mayo) against Olimpo on September 9.

SR