The UB Post

National football team to participat­e in two matches this month

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Led by the German coach Michael Weiss, the Mongolian national team will participat­e in two official matches this month within the scope of the FIFA Tier 1 Friendly Matches.

The national “Talyn Khukh Chononuud” football team will play against the Malaysian national football team in Kuala Lumpur on March 22.

Moreover, the FIFA Tier 1 Friendly Matches will take part in Mongolia for the first time, through which the Mauritius national football team will arrive in Mongolia for a friendly match on March 27.

The Malaysian national football team is currently ranked 175th and the Mauritius team is ranked 157th. If the Mongolian national football team wins the friendly matches, it will move up from its current rank, which is 189th in the FIFA World Rankings.

Head coach of the Mongolian national football team Michael Weiss noted that he is planning three things in the near future, which are to gather experience through internatio­nal tournament­s, to upgrade the team’s rank in the FIFA World Rankings, and to take part in the East Asian Championsh­ips.

The national team will depart to Kunming, China today for an intensifie­d training for two weeks before the match.

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