Pre-Season Friendly Match 1 LIVE Streaming: Kerala Blasters vs Kerala United

The Yellow Army will play two more pre-season friendlies in the coming days.

Indian Super League (ISL) outfit Kerala Blasters will play their first pre-season friendly match vs Kerala United on August 20, 2021. The match will take place at the Panampilly Nagar ground in Kochi, Kerala at 4:00 pm.

Additionally, the club will play two more pre-season friendlies - against Kerala United once again on August 27 and against Jammu & Kashmir Bank FC on September 3. The venue and kick-off times will be same for both matches as in the first game against KUFC.

Pre-Season Friendly Match 2 LIVE Streaming: Kerala Blasters vs Kerala United

Fans can watch KBFC's first pre-season game against Kerala United right here:

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"We are excited to get on the ground. We want to showcase our talented players in the land of such enthusiastic football fans," Ivan Vukomanovic, the head coach of Kerala Blasters said.

Kerala Blasters' pre-season preparations

As of right now, the first-team squad of the Yellow Army is training under Vukomanovic and his team prior to the forthcoming 2021-22 season of the ISL. The players are all in a bio-bubble to prevent any potential outbreak of COVID-19 among them. The club are also following all the other protocol related to the pandemic.

Further, all KBFC players completed a quarantine period before joining the team. With regular health check-ups scheduled for them, the club aims for a safe and healthy season.

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Recently, assistant coach Ishfaq Ahmed also joined the team after a short delay caused due to personal reasons. The Kochi outfit's foreign signings Adrian Luna and Enes Sipovic have already checked in to the team hotel. They are currently undergoing a mandatory quarantine before getting ready to join their teammates in training.

Kerala United's pre-season preparations

Kerala United have also started their pre-season camp, keeping in mind the I-League Qualifiers in September. While a total of 29 teams including KUFC have been nominated for the competition, only ten teams will be finalised.

The Malappuram-based outfit are expected to be one of those ten teams and have already done some impressive recruitments in the past few weeks. The most noteworthy examples would be the appointment of Bino George as head coach, the signings of Gabriel Lima Silva, Akhil Praveen, Munmun Lugun, Salman Kalliyath, Antony Beautin and the contract extensions of Arjun Jayaraj and Hrishidhath.

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