Arena’s campaign with Nepal gets off to a rocky start

Nepal lose 0-1 to Laos and end their AFC Asian Cup Qualification-Third Round on a low.

When Guglielmo Arena, Nepal’s men’s team head coach, arrived at New Laos National Stadium on Tuesday, he was in high spirits. “We will try to play a very good football,” Arena said, ahead of his first outing with the Nepali national team. The UEFA pro-coach had joined the Gorkhalis on March 12, with a mandate to uplift the beleaguered team’s performance. Nepal were taking on Laos for the last match of the AFC Asian Cup Qualification-Third Round against Laos on Tuesday. “We will try to improve ourselves,” Arena said.