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\"KoevarmansSingapore<\/strong>: Past stays past. But as memories, they always stay the present. Post dinner on Saturday (October 13) late evening, the squad gathered in the Meeting Room of the Team Hotel which is adjacent to Singapore\u2019s \u2018Little India.\u2019<\/p>\n

The lights were switched off, the projector switched on. With most having landed after a long hectic flight schedule, the projector didn\u2019t bring forward any analysis. Rather, it took all to a trip down memory lane \u2013 a video presentation on the Nehru Cup.\n<\/p>\n

The memories came back; the boys whispered among themselves; sometimes even giggled and at last felt proud with the visuals showing them lifting the Nehru Cup. The lights were thereafter, switched on.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s come back to the present. The Nehru Cup is past. Let\u2019s close that chapter. Results of the past stay no guarantee for the future. As players you need to carry that experience with you, but it\u2019s gone. Never talk of it but keep it close to your heart,\u201d National Coach Wim Koevermans stated.<\/p>\n

Words of wisdom; words of reality! There was pin drop silence in the room.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are back as a team again \u2013 this time far away from India. We are all wearing the National Team shirt and we are here for a common cause. What you all did in the Nehru Cup, you ought to do it again,\u201d Koevermans urged.<\/p>\n

The silence prevailed.<\/p>\n

Next morning, at the Breakfast Table in Caf\u00e9 Shop, in-house guests, mostly Indians, came up and posed with the National Team Players. The other guests too stayed curious and walked up to the players to chat with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of us play for different clubs but the pride of playing for the National Team is something different. It\u2019s impossible to explain it,\u201d Denzil Franco uttered at the Massage Table as masseur Liaqat Ali\u2019s nimble fingers rejuvenated him. Fitness Trainer Pradip Datta, watched. \u201cInternational matches stay the benchmark to judge yourself as a player. Hence, we all forward to it,\u201d Denzil added.<\/p>\n

Lenny Rodrigues was the next to hit the massage table. \u201cThe Coach always motivates us,\u201d a shy Lenny quips. \u201cHe\u2019s always there by your side. I owe a lot to him,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Lenny stayed one of the discoveries of the Nehru Cup. \u201cI have just begun my career. I tried to play to my best in the Nehru Cup and it\u2019s for the Coach and others to judge me. All I can say is that I am a confident player now,\u201d he goes on. \u201cIn fact, I am a more confident person.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a much more matured player now,\u201d stopper Raju Gaikwad observed. \u201cThere\u2019s always someone to support you in this National squad. But there\u2019s so much still to achieve,\u201d he maintains. \u201cWe need to learn the lessons and put it into practice in every sphere of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The beauty of the present squad stays the conglomeration of youth and experience. There\u2019s not much of an age-difference between the players making it easy for all to mingle with all.<\/p>\n

With Francis Fernandes, Karanjit Singh and Joaquim Abranches joining all at the Lunch Table, the Coach couldn\u2019t have been more pleased. \u201cBoys, we have a video session in the evening and as I had told you, we will be leaving for practice after that,\u201d Koevermans informed.<\/p>\n

By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The lights were switched off, the projector switched on. With most having landed after a long hectic flight schedule, the projector didn\u2019t bring forward any analysis. 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