9 October
PLAYERS and members of the coaching team of the Myanmar national football team are in Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan, and the team is undergoing spe-cial training in the city ahead of the 2022 World Cup Qual-ifier against the host team, Kyrgyzstan, according to the Myanmar Football Federation.
The match between My-anmar and Kyrgyzstan will be held on 10 October at the Dolen Omurzakov Stadium in Bishkek.
Team Myanmar left for Bishkek City on 6 October from Yangon International Airport, and currently, the team is train-ing and making strategic prepa-rations at the training center at Bishkek city. The team is being trained by members of the coaching team, led by head coach Miodrag Radulovic.
There are 23 outstanding players on the squad, but two Myanmar football stars —mid-fielder Maung Maung Lwin and striker Kyaw Ko Ko — have been left behind in Yangon as both of them are suffering from knee problems and need to rest for about two weeks, according to the Myanmar Football Fed-eration.
Team Myanmar has met Kyrgyzstan twice at the group stage of the 2017 and 2018 qualifiers for the AFC Asian Cup. In their first meeting in 2017, Myanmar played to a 2-2 draw against Kyrgyzstan, but in their second match in 2018, Myanmar suffered a 5-1 loss to Kyrgyzstan.
The upcoming match will be decisive for team Myan-mar’s hopes of realizing its World Cup dream.
Lynn Thit (Tgi)
