The Afghan national football team is scheduled to play its first qualifying match against Hank Kang on Wednesday (June 18th) to qualify for the Asian Cup.
The Afghan national team, who held their last training session on Tuesday before the match against Hong Kong in Calcutta, India, made their first Group D match for the Asian Cup qualifying on Wednesday at 4pm Kabul time. they give.
Anush Dastgir, the coach of the Afghan national football team, told a news conference that the team “has come to be at the top of the group and given the current situation in Afghanistan and the lack of a credible league, we can not include players from inside Afghanistan.”
According to Mr. Dastgir, the national team consists of Afghans living in the United States, Australia and 14 players from Europe.
Afghanistan has competed with India and Cambodia in the past, but facing Hong Kong is a new experience and Afghanistan is expected to face a tough test in Wednesday’s competition.
The head coach of the Afghan national football team also said that the Indian national team was “lucky” in the last two matches of the South Asian Cup, and this time, according to Mr. Dastgir, the Afghan national football team has come “for revenge”.
Afghan football observers and experts believe that due to the ups and downs faced by the Afghan Football Federation and the Afghan national team, after the fall of the republic, the Afghan Football Federation has somehow been able to keep the team alive.
“Participating in the competition is a golden and unprecedented opportunity for the team to reach the final of the Asian Cup for the first time in history, given the talents of the team,” said Faiz Begman, the coach of the Virginia Afghan football team. “And the support of Afghans inside and outside Afghanistan is expected to increase the performance of the Afghan national football team.”
Afghanistan is playing in Group D with Hank Gang, India and Cambodia and must lead the group to qualify for the Asian Cup.
