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The Bangladesh facet had been supposed to succeed in on Sunday morning as per the event tips, however they might not board the flight from Dhaka after failing to get visas on time. They later acquired their journey allow on Sunday night.
A cloud of uncertainty loomed massive over Mohun Bagan Super Giant’s AFC Cup match in opposition to Bashundhara Kings in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday after the Bangladesh membership claimed that they received visas of their gamers solely Sunday night.
The Bangladesh facet had been supposed to succeed in this morning as per the event tips, however they might not board the flight from Dhaka after failing to get visas on time.
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”We have gotten visa late at 8pm at the moment. It’s festive season and getting tickets for 40 folks is turning into troublesome,” membership president Mohammad Imrul Hassan informed PTI from Dhaka.
”Our staff is attempting its greatest to rearrange the tickets. We are hopeful of making it and reaching Bhubaneswar on the eve of the match.” The Bangladesh membership wished a double-entry visa as a result of it has to play two matches in India however the AIFF had given an invite for single entry, for which the nationwide federation, in accordance with sources, can’t be faulted.
Bashundhara’s second match is in opposition to Odisha FC on December 11, a great 50 days after the match in opposition to Mohun Bagan.
The AIFF later gave an invite for a double-entry visa on September 20.
”We have already booked our tickets and the flight is on 22 October 2023 at 10.15am which was knowledgeable to all events in due time,” Hassan stated in a letter despatched to the Asian Football Confederation’s Competitions Department earlier than his membership received the visas.
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”Our lodging can be booked. All these bookings had been made with advance fee and now it’s not potential to alter them in order to have a brand new set of tickets of such excessive quantity is unlikely on the late stage.” Mohun Bagan, who’re main Group D with all wins from two matches, will maintain their date and attain Bhubaneswar on Monday morning.
”We will flip up on the floor, in the event that they forfeit the match we’ll get a walkover and three objectives as per the principles,” a staff official informed PTI.
Mohun Bagan’s match is slated for a 9.30pm kick-off on Tuesday, the second match of the day after Odisha’s fixture in opposition to Maziya of Maldives(5.30pm).
Mohun Bagan’s away match in opposition to Bashundhara Kings is scheduled for November 7.
Bashundhara even have a house match in opposition to Maziya on November 27.
Third-placed Bashundhara have three factors from two matches to lie behind Maziya on objective distinction.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
