Bangladesh is at the bottom of ‘I’ group with 1 point from four matches. Two of the four matches were away, both being nightmares — 7-0 to Australia in Melbourne and 5-0 to Palestine in Kuwait. However, Bangladesh is quite a fighter at home. Bangladesh Football Ultras is accelerating the fighting spirit. This alliance of football fans is growing with time. Bangladesh-Australia World Cup qualifier match will be held in Dhaka on June 6. There is still a lot of time left. Despite that, Bangladesh Football Ultras are not sitting still. Bangladesh has nothing to lose against a team like Australia. The footballers will fight tooth and nail on the field, the members of Bangladesh Football Ultras will cheer them on in the gallery. If it can be given a good match, what is the harm!
What is the upcoming match against Australia? In response to the question, the general secretary of Bangladesh Football Ultras, Mehdi Hasan Abhi, told Kalbela, ‘There will be something on that day, which has not been seen in the past. Footballers will play on the field, we will give them energy from outside. We will try to make the work of the visiting team as difficult as possible. Bangladesh Football Ultras was born on May 27, 2019. The organization announced its existence in the Bangladesh-Nepal match on November 17, 2020. Bangladesh Football Ultras appeared with 170 supporters at Bangabandhu Stadium. The organization has been in the gallery at every home match since its debut. Bangladesh Football Ultras recently made headlines by lighting a ‘smoke bomb’ in the gallery. ‘Smoke bombs’ are banned by FIFA law. Due to which Bangladesh has to face financial penalty. 30 thousand 250 Swiss franc fined by the governing body of world football. If converted into rupees, the figure is about 39 lakhs. The country has to pay fines – despite the promise of discipline and avoidance of such things, there will not be a hair’s breadth from the goal of upsetting the opponent team, said Yasin Mollah, publicity and publication editor of Bangladesh Football Ultras, ‘We have assured the officials of Bangladesh Football Federation to follow the discipline. But I will not move away from the place where the ultras take on a terrible form. We will do everything possible within the discipline to make the opposition uncomfortable on the field.’ 70 percent members of Bangladesh Football Ultras are students. Attendance at various matches and uniforms and other expenses are collected by the organization themselves. Starting from buying tickets for various international matches, the members of the organization have been meeting their own expenses till now. Activities on various platforms have increased, and the number of followers has also increased. As of yesterday, the number of followers of Bangladesh Football Ultras on Facebook page was about 70 thousand. In fact, the number of members of this organization is about 5 thousand, of which 1 thousand are registered. The registration process of those interested from among the remaining 4,000 is going on.
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