Nepal's new coach Abdullah Almutairi is a young believer and is preparing the team for future.

On Thursday, coach AA will face the first competitive match for Nepal in FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Nepal is resuming the campaign taking on Chinese Taipei at 9:45 PM NST.

Speaking in the pre-match conference held virtually, coach AA said, "It's not easy to play in Kuwait weather and it is going to be difficult for both of us."

"We want to secure fourth position for our chances in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers and for that we have to go for the win in the match tomorrow," he said. He again demanded patience from a relatively young national squad. "We have not played a lot of friendlies to prepare. We have a young but talented squad of players and we should not be pushing much on them," he said on ANFA's mouth piece.

There are new players and the new coach in Chinese Taipei side.

Chinese Taipei coach Vom Ca-nhum feels hot weather plays the part.

"We are having difficulties in adapting to the weather condition and our biggest challenge has been the weather."

Vom said Nepal are a balanced side and he would miss his some key and overseas players.

"Our key players and overseas players could not join due to the Covid situation and I hope the new players can grasp this opportunity to prove themselves," he said.

Nepal will face Jordan on June 7 before wrapping up with Australia on June 11.