15 Jan
MYANMAR men’s national football team head coach Antoine Hey arrived back to Yangon on 13 January by air from Germany for restarting his team training, according to the statement with the Myanmar Football Federation.
He underwent a COVID-19 test in Germany with a negative result before landing in Myanmar and he is currently in quarantine at Novotel Yangon Max Hotel for his COVID-19 retest.
After his quarantine with the COVID-19 negative test result, he will start the football team training, said MFF football authorities.
The 50-year-old German football coach has been a manager of team Myanmar since October 2019. Antoine Hey assisted team Myanmar in securing two straight wins in the Group F of the World Cup Qualifiers in November 2019.
With the supervision of the head coach, Myanmar beat Tajikistan 4-3 and also took victory over Mongolia by 1-0 within a month in the Group F to bag 6 points.
The Myanmar national team will play an away match against Japan national team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers Group-F on 25 March and a home match against Kyrgyzstan on 30 March.
The Myanmar national team will run their training session this month in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Sports, said the source with the Myanmar Football Federation.
Lynn Thit (Tgi)
