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\"Wim-Koevermans-explains-a-point-to-his-boys.\"Kochi:<\/strong> \u201cWe have some new faces in the squad. All of them please step forward,\u201d Wim Koevermans pronounced in the team meeting. Sandip Nandy, Lalkamal Bhowmick, Arata Izumi, Shouvik Ghosh, CK Vineet and Gurjinder Kumar obeyed the orders. And then, they were asked to sing the National Anthem. They obeyed orders again, even Arata. The rest stood up from their chairs.
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\u201cYou belong to the National Team. The pride and passion of representing your country is what you have to feel for yourselves,\u201d Koevermans added. \u201cBut at the same time, you need to conceive the tempo of International Football. It\u2019s played at very high intensity,\u201d Koevermans, who Coached India to triumph in the Nehru Cup, added.
 
Every day, early morning when most, prefer to snooze under the blankets, Koevermans, has sweat all over him. On his return from the gym, he\u2019s omnipresent. He checks every minute detail, queries about rest taken by the players, their massage, niggles (if any), sips a coffee or two and then, scribbles on his notepad. In between, he walks up to his tactic board, moves his magnets and comes back to have a sip at the coffee.
 
\u201cPalestine look a very competent side,\u201d he maintains during the pre-match Press Conference. \u201cNine of their players who had done duty in the West Asia Cup in December 2012 are in the squad. We have watched them in videos and they are a powerful side.\u201d
 
\u201cIt will be an interesting match for sure.\u201d
 
Jamal Mahmoud Abed Mahmoud Pass, the Palestine Coach, smiles. \u201cIndia are a capable side. We are happy to be in India,\u201d he maintains. \u201cIt will be an interesting match,\u201d he complements Koevermans.
 
Thirty minutes later, Koevermans is back to his drawing board again. \u201cDon\u2019t switch off during training. We were together for five weeks for the Nehru Cup. This time, you need to peak within two practice sessions. That\u2019s the challenge of an International Friendly,\u201d he urged to his players.
 
\u201cTeamwork is very important. Help each other. The transition to defend stays most significant. It\u2019s not only about what you do with the ball but what you do when you don\u2019t have it,\u201d he stresses. \u201cDefending is helping each other.\u201d The boys listen and then nod.
 
You see the boys sitting together and discussing it among themselves. There\u2019s Captain Sunil Chhetri, current AIFF Player-of-the-Year Syed Rahim Nabi, Mehtab Hossain, Gouramangi Singh, Clifford Miranda, amongst others.
 
\u201cIt\u2019s an important match for us,\u201d Gouramangi echoes. \u201cWe need to be on our toes,\u201d Subrata adds. \u201cThere\u2019s isn\u2019t room for any slip-ups.\u201d
\u201cNo challenge on the ground is easy. It\u2019s up to the team to rise to the occasion; we have to. We have done it in the past. The Coach has enlightened us on a few points and we are ready,\u201d Mehtab Hossain says in one breath.
 
The entire squad, including Koevermans himself, stays aware of the football tradition of the State. \u201cI\u2019ve heard about IM Vijayan and Joe Paul Ancheri,\u201d Koevermans quips. And even as local lad CK Vineet impresses all in the strenuous practice sessions, Koevermans expects a full House at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Wednesday.
 
The kick-off is at 6.30pm and the match will be telecast live on Ten Action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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