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Kathmandu: National Coach Wim Koevermans complimented his boys for the \u201cmanner they defended against Pakistan.\u201d Koevermans was speaking at the post-match official Press Conference.<\/p>\nKathmandu: National Coach Wim Koevermans complimented his boys for the \u201cmanner they defended against Pakistan.\u201d Koevermans was speaking at the post-match official Press Conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe defended really well. There was always a man or a leg or a body in between,\u201d Koevermans stated.<\/p>\n
India rode on a self goal from Samar Ishaq to beat Pakistan one-nil and make a winning start to the 2013 SAFF Championship at the Dasrath Stadium in Kathmandu on Sunday (September 1).<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the same time we also created a lot of chances. Sunil (Chhetri) could have scored three of four. He himself knows it. But that\u2019s Football. A result in such a match is important. Let\u2019s not forget this is a Tournament and go into the next match with three points. We play every alternate day and it\u2019s important everyone stays away from injuries.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not happy with the performance. We gave the ball away a bit too easily in the first half and that helped them to create some chances,\u201d Koevermans added. \u201cSubrata Paul was in outstanding form. And Nabi was outstanding. He took his marker off the game.\u201d Nabi had come in as a replacement for Mohanraj Nallappan in the 63rd minute.<\/p>\n
\u201cJewel (Raja) who also came in as a replacement did his job,\u201d the Coach maintained.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cMohanraj is a new player and is learning every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
India next play Bangladesh on September 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kathmandu: National Coach Wim Koevermans complimented his boys for the \u201cmanner they defended against Pakistan.\u201d Koevermans was speaking at the post-match official Press Conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe defended really well. There was always a man or a leg or a body in between,\u201d Koevermans stated.<\/p>\n
India rode on a self goal from Samar Ishaq to beat Pakistan one-nil and make a winning start to the 2013 SAFF Championship at the Dasrath Stadium in Kathmandu on Sunday (September 1).<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the same time we also created a lot of chances. Sunil (Chhetri) could have scored three of four. He himself knows it. But that\u2019s Football. A result in such a match is important. Let\u2019s not forget this is a Tournament and go into the next match with three points. We play every alternate day and it\u2019s important everyone stays away from injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"\n