The SAFF Women’s and Men’s Futsal Tournament is currently underway in Bangkok, Thailand, but the Bangladesh men’s team has been rocked by an unexpected decision. Vice-captain Intishar Mustafa Chowdhury has been dropped from the squad midway through the competition, a move confirmed by team manager and futsal committee chairman Imranur from Thailand.
Intishar recently represented Bangladesh in the Asian Futsal qualifiers in Malaysia and was also part of the SAFF Futsal squad. His sudden exclusion has raised eyebrows, especially as it was reportedly a decision taken internally by the Bangladesh team rather than by tournament organizers.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔,” 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔.
Discipline and Injury Issues Surface Intishar
While Bangladesh’s representatives in Thailand have issued no official statement, sources suggest that disciplinary concerns and injury issues played a role in Intishar’s removal. Such an incident is considered rare in Bangladeshi football history, where players are seldom dropped in the middle of an international tournament.
Football analysts believe the move points to a serious internal issue. Many believe that players should be given a chance to explain themselves before such a drastic decision is made, although it remains unclear whether that process was followed.
“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔,” 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅.
In the ongoing SAFF Futsal campaign, the Bangladesh women’s team has collected four points from two matches, while the men’s side has managed just one point from their first two games. Bangladesh is set to face Bhutan in their third match at 7 pm Bangladesh time today, with Intishar’s exit expected to have a significant impact on team morale and performance.
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