Afghanistan’s Shaheen Asmayee Football Club and champion of Roshan Afghan Premier League (APL) is set to face Tajikistan’s Hosilot football club on Saturday.

The match will be played in Tajik capital Dushanbe on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Shaheen Asmayee’s Head Coach, Begemberdof Bayer has also arrived in Kabul and continuing their practice for the upcoming event in Tajikistan.

“We started our regular exercises over a month ago and now our moral is very high to face our rival team from Tajikistan. Fortunately our Tajik coach has also arrived in Kabul and we started working on the technical aspects four days ago. We are also working on the weak points of Hosilot team in order to take over that team in the match,” said Shaheen Asmayee coach Mujtaba Faizi.

APL champion Shaheen Asmayee looks to make its way to the Asian championship.

Shaheen Asmayee after defeating Hosilot team will face another rivals from Kyghzustan, Balkan and Turkmenistan and the winner in the group will make its way to the Asian cup.

“We are completely prepared, all necessary resources have been provided to us by the football federation and APL, we are determine to win the game by the grace of Allah (God),” said Hamidullah Yousuzai, Shaheen Asmayee goalkeeper.

“Our team very united, I hope that our team once again bring smiles for our nation,” said Shaheen Asmayee player Sayed Nasir Hussaini.

Shaheen Asmayee squad is now expected to leave for Dushanbe on Wednesday where it will play four practice matches before facing Hosilot team on Saturday.