Durand Cup 2023: Bodoland FC vs Indian Army Live Updates

5:45 PM: Hello everyone and welcome to Khel Now’s LIVE COVERAGE of the Jamshedpur FC vs Indian Navy match in the Durand Cup 2023. The kick-off is just 15 minutes away! I am your host Yash Pratap Singh and will keep you company through what promises a fascinating evening of football. Please wait for 30 Seconds for the Live blog to load.

Durand Cup 2023: Bodoland FC vs Indian Army – Build-up

Thursday will see Group B and Group F action in the 132nd IndiaOil Durand Cup, as Indian Super League (ISL) side Jamshedpur FC take on the Indian Navy Football Team in Kolkata’s Mohun Bagan ground whereas the Indian Army football team take on Bodoland FC in their den at Kokrajhar’s SAI stadium. While both teams seek their first points in the Kolkata game, in Kokrajhar, only the home team will be seeking to do that as the Army team look to make it two wins out of two.

The evening game in Kokrajhar on Thursday is a must-win for Bodoland FC. Anything less, would mean they would have no chances to progress further in the tournament, whatever the outcome of the final game against Odisha FC. The Indian Army team are much more comfortable after their opening game victory over Odisha and will therefore go into the game with a lot of confidence.

Ramesh Anthony, the coach of the Indian Army team sounded confident despite not having his main striker Liton Shil, the scorer in their first game, available, saying in a pre-game chat, “The boys are motivated and we have prepared well. Yes we will be missing our main striker but we have other players also. We will be playing to win, which will make our qualification easier.”

Bodoland coach Daimalu Basumatary also sounded well aware of the task at hand. In an extensive chat on the morning of a day ahead of the game he said, “Last match we lost three points. I won’t give excuses by saying the weather was bad. They also played in the same weather. We made some mistakes but our players played well and fought till the whistle was blown. These coming two matches are very important for us and we have to win in both the matches. Tomorrow we are playing against Indian Army and we are ready to take important three points for our team. We are trying really hard and hope to have a better combination in the final third. I am sure my boys will do better and secure three points.”

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