Kathmandu, Sept. 6 -- Wearing a white shirt with a three-piece suit in blue, Matt Ross appeared calm during his first match at Nepal's home of football-the Tripureshwar-based Dasharath Stadium-in the first of the two friendlies against Bangladesh on Saturday.

Even during the warm-up before the kick-off, Ross was busy writing something in what looked like a small notebook. He seemed to have many things on his mind when he saw his players with the ball. He then swiftly noted them down.

The scene continued. Throughout the match, Ross either noted down things himself or went to the bench to share his thoughts with his assistant, Salyan Khadgi, who noted those down in a big brown diary.

Ross, the Australian with a UEFA pro-license, has been...