Palestine lines up more friendlies in Central Asia
Palestine are now set to take on Kenya and Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek raising questions about previous plans to face Tajikistan and India in Dushanbe
Palestine’s plans for the June window seemed to be all set to go last week. The All India Football Federation announced to its clubs that they would be heading to Dushanbe to face Palestine on June 6th.
Several sources had confirmed to Football Palestine that a friendly against Tajikistan on June 1st had been agreed upon and the addition of a second friendly in the same location seemed to make sense from a logistical perspective.
As is their nature, the Palestine Football Association did not announce either friendly. So it should come as no surprise that earlier this week another Football Association- this time Kenya- announced that they, and not India, would face Palestine on June 6th in Bishkek.
The Kyrgyz Football Union has now announced that a friendly against Palestine will take place on June 9th with kickoff set for 18:30 local time.
In a separate post, Kenyan Football has also confirmed their friendly with Palestine.
[Update May 20th] Ehab Abu Jazar had originally wanted to retain the friendly against Tajikistan on June 1st but the TFF wanted a commitment to play both friendlies. As a result, Palestine will not travel to Dushanbe and will instead play Kenya and Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek following an extended training camp that will start on Saturday and conclude on June 2nd.