Bahrain will take on Cambodia on Thursday in the third round of 2022 Fifa World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.
The national team will then play Iran on June 7 and Hong Kong on June 15.
Portugese coach Helio Sousa has lined up 26 players: Ali Haram, Ali Madan, Hamad Shamsan, Sayyed Hashem Isa, Jassim Al Sheikh, Kumail Al Aswad, Mohammed Marhoon, Sayyed Ridha Isa, Sayyed Mahdi Baqer (Riffa); Ahmed Mirza, Mohammed Abdulwaheb (Hidd); Ibrahim Lutfallah, Sayyed Shebr Alawi and Ahmed Bu Ghamar (Al Khaldiya); Abdulwahab Al Maloud, Ismail Abdullatif, Sayyed Mohammed Jaffer and Waleed Al Hayyam (Muharraq); Abbas Al Asfoor (Al Shabab), Jassim Khulaif (Budaiya), Ahmed Nabeel (Manama); Mohammed Al Romaihi and Abdulla Buhazza (East Riffa); Rashid Al Hooti (Al Najma) and Sayyed Dheya Said (Al Nasr - Kuwait).
Bahrain drew 1-1 against Ukraine in a friendly match played in Kharkiv, before beating Malaysia 2-0 at Bahrain National Stadium.
Sousa said that the past two weeks were good for the national players who stepped up preparations in the run-up to the double qualifiers.
He praised the players’ performance in the friendly matches against Ukraine and Malaysia “which augurs well for the third round matches”.
“We were hoping fans could attend and cheer the national team in its decisive matches but the current circumstances will prevent that,” he said, expressing confidence in the team’s ability to achieve positive results in the three matches.
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