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Kathmandu:<\/strong> Amidst the honking in the chaotic traffic another Blue Bus accelerated to catch hold of the other. The two Buses travelled side by side for the next five minutes and then both the buses stopped at one destination. The Indian Team were getting back from their practice session while the Pakistan Team were shifting their base to the \u2018Official\u2019 Team Hotel.<\/p>\n

 
That was some three days back.
 
Three days later, the two Buses leave the same Hotel for separate practice sessions form the Hotel Lobby only to come back again. On Sunday (September 1), they would again be travelling one behind the other to the Dasrath Stadium, barely a stone\u2019s throw away from the Hotel. The aim stays common — make a winning start to the 2013 SAFF Championship.
 
Motivated? \u201cWe are hugely motivated to play against India. There\u2019s no extra pressure,\u201d Shahzad Anwar, Pakistan Coach uttered at the Official Press Conference. \u201cMy Team can beat anyone,\u201d he went on.
 
Pakistan have come into the Championship with five Europe-based Players including Zesh Rehman who has played for Fulham. \u201cThey add strength to our Team,\u201d Anwar informed.
 
National Coach Wim Koevermans, wiping his eyebrow further informs: \u201cYeah, we know about them. But we are more concerned about ourselves. We are the Team to beat and it\u2019s understandable everyone will play their Heart out against us. But we know the potential of every opponent and rate them very highly.\u201d
 
Subrata Paul adds: \u201cWe have good Players too. Sunil Chhetri, Mehtab Hossain, Gouramangi Singh, Rahim Nabi are our stars. Besides, we also have Francis Fernandes, Lenny Rodrigues, Raju Gaikwad, Jewel Raja Shaikh  and all others in our squad of 20. It\u2019s 11 vs 11 on the field.\u201d The mighty Himalayas overlooking the Valley of Kathmandu, listens.
 
AIFF Player-of-the-Year Syed Rahim Nabi feels it will be a \u201cclose match.\u201d
 
\u201cThis Pakistan Team is a very strong side. \u201cI\u2019ve been a part of quite a few matches against Pakistan. Whatever we have been told by the Coach, we need to implement it on the pitch. That\u2019s the most pertinent point,\u201d he quips in the Official Interaction at the Police Headquarters Ground. \u201cWe need to change our record while playing outside our Country.\u201d
 
You prefer to take a Tour of the Hotel. Post practice there\u2019s the ice-bath and Lunch and then the compulsory afternoon rest \u2013 all doors are closed, all TV sets shut down.
 
In the last two meetings against Pakistan there\u2019s someone who has scored five including a hat-trick \u2013 Jeje Lalpekhula. When you make him take a trip down memory lane, he hesitantly smiles. Roommate Sandip Nandy pats him on the back. \u201cYesterday you scored a beauty in practice. Our Country wants more,\u201d Nandy quips even as Nandy has a look at Jeje\u2019s boots by his bedside.
 
\u201cIf I play, I will give my best. We all will give our best. It doesn\u2019t matter who scores as long as it\u2019s scored,\u201d Jeje, by that time, is having a close look at Nandy\u2019s gloves on the Table.
 
\u201cStick together as a Team. Help each other as a Team. Do it as a team,\u201d Koevermans tells his boys. \u201cIt\u2019s our First Final against Pakistan.\u201d
 
At the Hotel Lobby three members of a Chinese Tourist Group walk up and ask: \u201cIs India playing Pakistan in the Tournament? When is it slated for? Where can we purchase Tickets?\u201d
 
\u201cWe had come on a Holiday to India\u2019s Golden Triangle and have a halt in Kathmandu for two days. If we get to watch an Indo-Pak clash, our Tour would be complete,\u201d an elderly man states. \u201cIs this Football for Fun? Or is this Football for Friendship?\u201d he queries only to answer the next moment: \u201cIn fact, both.\u201d
 
Push everything else to the background. Salute Football!
 
The kick-off at the Dasrath Stadium on Sunday (September 1) is at 6.15pm (IST).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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