{"id":1177,"date":"2011-12-01T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T11:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2011-12-01T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T11:40:18","slug":"football-back-at-the-nehru-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"Football back at the Nehru Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Press Conferences &#8212; what are they? Invariably, you have Coaches and Captains coming and talking, only for you to gather at the end that they didn\u2019t speak anything new. Same old quotes on the same old lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But not always! A new tournament, and a different press conference; the characters made it all the more interesting. After all, the game is all about them. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the pre-Tournament Press Conference of the SAFF Championship.<\/p>\n<p>It was informative as much it was intelligent. The prevalent humour, for the moment, seemed all the rival coaches have been eternal friends. If Malvides\u2019 Hungarian Coach Istvan Bela Urbanyi spoke about his \u201cthree girlfriends,\u201d Nepal\u2019s British Coach Graham Roberts, sitting next insisted \u201chow hard it is to get a trial at Rangers.\u201d And even as you tried to balance both the statements, Bangladesh\u2019s Macedonian Coach Nikola Ilevski interrupted the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcuse me,\u201d he uttered. \u201cPlease bring the Cup closer to us,\u201d he pointed to the displayed Trophy at the middle of the table. Moments later, he was \u201ccomfortable.\u201d All burst into laughter; the spirit was indeed different.<\/p>\n<p>In between, the same old quotes were uttered. But it was never boring. Almost every team believed, \u201cthey can win the Championship.\u201d<br \/>Team India Coach Savio Medeira spoke about how the team has been \u201cworking hard since the Asian Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true we didn\u2019t get much time to prepare as the I-League is on. But I need to laud the boys for the manner they rose to the occasion in the International Friendlies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The actions gets underway at the majestic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at 3pm on Friday (December 2) when Bangladesh host Pakistan. Football is back at the Nehru Stadium and the grass looks tempting green. It\u2019s time to get the ball rolling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY\u2019S MATCHES: <br \/><\/strong>Bangladesh vs Pakistan (3pm)<br \/>Maldives vs Nepal (6pm).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Press Conferences &#8212; what are they? 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