Nepal national football team is scheduled to play a friendly against Avenir FC Douala, Cameroon on April 29 in preparation for the upcoming friendlies against Afghanistan as well as the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.

But controversy has arisen in the national team currently in closed camp after senior players have left the closed camp citing disagreements with the head coach Abdullah Almutairi. 

A dispute has arisen between head coach Abdullah Almutari and the players after the decision to remove Rohit Chand from the national team. Bishal Shrestha, Ananta Tamang, Anjan Bista, Suman Lama, Tej Tamang, Bishal Rai and Bimal Gharti Magar are among the players that have left the hotel. After the senior players left the training, Almutairi has called 14 more players for closed training in return.

The Nepali team, which is currently in closed training, is scheduled to go to Qatar soon for further training and practice. Nepal is also scheduled to play two friendly football matches against Afghanistan in Qatar on May 23 and 24.

Nepal, which is in Group A for the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, is scheduled to play qualifiers with hosts Kuwait, Indonesia and Jordan on June 8, 11 and 14 respectively.