{"id":523,"date":"2011-10-30T09:20:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T09:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=523"},"modified":"2011-10-30T09:20:07","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T09:20:07","slug":"india-u-19-to-go-all-up-against-turkemenistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=523","title":{"rendered":"India U-19 to go all up against Turkemenistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tehran:<\/strong> You walk to the window, pull the curtains, and pull them back again. It hasn\u2019t changed for the last three days in Tehran &#8212; it\u2019s raining! The drizzle which greeted India\u2019s U-19 boys at the Imam Khomeini International Airport has in between, even gathered force to pour on occasions.<\/p>\n<p>You dare step out and the cold wave kisses your cheeks \u2013 you should have been foresighted enough to have carried more woolens \u2013 you rethink; it\u2019s five degrees! The snow of the Alborz Mountains which overlooks the Esteghlal Hotel (Team Hotel) smiles down sarcastically at you &#8212; \u2018Welcome to Tehran.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Colm Joseph Toal\u2019s concern lies elsewhere. The agonising wait for a training ground and a meeting room seems to find no end. The manner in which training schedules have being handled, pains him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a footballing country as Iran, it\u2019s hard to buy the logic that there aren\u2019t any training grounds,\u201d he maintains. \u201cWe landed here a day early but have lost out on the advantage as we haven\u2019t been granted a field to train as yet,\u201d a helpless Toal quips, as he shrugs his shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly enough, other teams in the Group have the luxury of training while the Indians have stayed confined indoors. And when on Friday, a training ground was at last scheduled for the U-19 boys; it turned out to a handball pitch! Embarrassingly enough, a rival team from the Group were training on a full-size football pitch barely 50 metres away!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing; it\u2019s frustrating; it\u2019s sad,\u201d Toal utters.<\/p>\n<p>Outdoors, the gloom persists. One fears &#8212; playing in this snowy rain may have an effect on the boys. In such weather, one is bound to fall ill. India\u2019s rivals in their first match \u2013 Turkmenistan stay more at home in such weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a typically European Footballing Weather,\u201d Toal maintains. \u201cInternational Football is all about acclimatisation. We need to come to terms with the external forces &#8212; the faster the better. We have to take everything in our stride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More often than not, the first match sets the tone for the rest of the matches in such a Championship. The forecast says the clouds will stay on for another four-five days. The rain stays; the chill stays; the snow on the Alborz will stay too.<\/p>\n<p>The boys stay unperturbed. They know by now, \u2018Nothing is served on a platter,\u2019 they know.<\/p>\n<p>Nilanjan Datta<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tehran:<\/strong> You walk to the window, pull the curtains, and pull them back again. It hasn\u2019t changed for the last three days in Tehran &#8212; it\u2019s raining! The drizzle which greeted India\u2019s U-19 boys at the Imam Khomeini International Airport has in between, even gathered force to pour on occasions.<\/p>\n<p>You dare step out and the cold wave kisses your cheeks \u2013 you should have been foresighted enough to have carried more woolens \u2013 you rethink; it\u2019s five degrees! 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