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With the AFC Asian Cup 2019 knocking at the door, former Indian midfielder Renedy Singh, a member of India\u2019s AFC Asian Cup Doha 2011 campaign, feels talismanic striker \u201cSunil Chhetri sets the best example in the current team.\u201d<\/p>\nWith the AFC Asian Cup 2019 knocking at the door, former Indian midfielder Renedy Singh, a member of India\u2019s AFC Asian Cup Doha 2011 campaign, feels talismanic striker \u201cSunil Chhetri sets the best example in the current team.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many players who have been doing well recently. But for me, Sunil sets the best example. He has done so well consistently over the past few years. He may not be growing younger, but most significantly, he\u2019s not just there to support. He is there to lead by example,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n
Renedy, best remembered for his accurate crosses from the flanks and his dead ball exploits, also certified that \u201cSunil is at the stage of his career where he can take up that mantle.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good to see that Sunil has improved as a dead-ball player. Back in our days, he never used to take free-kicks — it was either me or Steven Dias,\u201d he recollected. \u201cBut then one fine day, he walked up to me and said, \u2018Renedy-bhai, you can\u2019t take both free-kicks and penalties. I want to chip in too,\u201d Renedy smiled. \u201cSo we decided that Sunil will take penalties, and we would continue taking the free-kicks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he didn\u2019t stay content with the penalties. Rather, he improved himself as a free-kick taker. In fact, he has scored from many free-kicks since then,\u201d Renedy stated. \u201cJust outside the box, Sunil has been deadly. A bit further down, I think (Anirudh) Thapa and Narayan Das are pretty good with the dead ball too,\u201d opined Renedy.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have the others around Sunil to support him \u2013 the likes of Gurpreet, Sandesh, and Jeje are the senior players who should lead by example. Then the younger lot will also follow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Renedy feels India\u2019s first match against Thailand will set the tone. \u201cWe have to go all-out against Thailand in the first match. Do not think about UAE, do not think about Bahrain. Just go after the result in the first game,\u201d Renedy explained. \u201cOnly after the match, we can decide on the next course of action. If they can get a result against China, we should be able to do the same against Thailand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Asian Cup is a huge platform and there\u2019s always something to learn from these matches. Play your heart out because such opportunities don\u2019t each and every day,\u201d he pronounced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With the AFC Asian Cup 2019 knocking at the door, former Indian midfielder Renedy Singh, a member of India\u2019s AFC Asian Cup Doha 2011 campaign, feels talismanic striker \u201cSunil Chhetri sets the best example in the current team.\u201d \u201cThere are many players who have been doing well recently. But for me, Sunil sets the best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news"],"yoast_head":"\n