{"id":6646,"date":"2012-05-27T08:51:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T08:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6646"},"modified":"2012-05-27T08:51:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T08:51:45","slug":"services-have-an-edge-in-santosh-trophy-final-pasha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6646","title":{"rendered":"Services have an edge over Tamil Nadu: Pasha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/football\/santosh-trophy.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Services have an edge in Santosh Trophy final: Pasha\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Cuttack<\/strong>: They may have qualified for the final of the Santosh Trophy after a gap of forty years but the Tamil Nadu players don\u2019t seem to live in this era. Barely minutes after their hard-earned semifinal victory against Manipur, they seemed to go back to the Stone Age. If not motionless, expressionless!<\/p>\n<p>Coach Sabir Pasha turned to his boys and smiled. On the Dinner table, his words were just going through the motions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time they have moved out of Tamil Nadu to play. This is the first time they are getting some exposure. This is the first tournament for most of them,\u201d Pasha quips. You look at the players once again. Heads down, eyes on the plate, the only movement was from their hand to mouth. And then, you found it hard to even spot the chewing.<\/p>\n<p>Pasha prefers to run around. Arranging for the ice-bath, co-ordinating for the evening stretching session, query about water bottles reaching the players, laundry, food, and other minute details. Everything in the Tamil Nadu camp seems to be well-oiled &#8212; everything has to be just perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Though he stays more than a thousand miles away, you cannot undermine his presence in the Tamil Nadu set-up, the presence of Colm Joseph Toal, Head Coach, Youth Development. \u201cCall me a shadow of Colm,\u201d Pasha quips. \u201cHe has nurtured me as a coach. Before working with him, I wasn\u2019t sure of what to do. But he has fine-tuned me,\u201d Pasha, who has worked as an assistant to Colm for age-group National Teams, adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did speak to him after our semifinal victory. Colm said: \u2018Carry on the good work.\u2019 He will never discourage his student. Never!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is Tamil Nadu\u2019s 2nd entry to the final, the earlier one being forty years back. For Services, who have been Champions in 1960\/61, the last entry to final was in 2007\/08.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServices are a much better side than us,\u201d Pasha comes back to the final. \u201cThey have prepared long for his tournament. If you pit the players of both the sides on a one-to-one basis, Services will win with ease. They surely stay the favourites,\u201d Pasha maintains. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just cannot compare both the sides. We are amateurs. If we don\u2019t stay organised against them, we will be whipped. They attack fast and come hard at you. They enjoy an edge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Services coach V Sajith Kumar smiles. \u201cWe will miss our goalkeeper Nanao Singh who is out for a double booking. The semifinal against Kerala has been our best match in the tournament so far,\u201d he informs. \u201cA final is a final. We will stick to the strategy and go all out from the start. Though Tamil Nadu looks an organised side, we intend to attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Pasha contradicts Sajith. \u201cMost of our boys stay unaware of what a final is. They have never reached this far,\u201d he goes on. <\/p>\n<p>Can Tamil Nadu topple the Services applecart? Pasha\u2019s eyes stay fixed. \u201cWe need to maintain our Shape. Let us enjoy and play well,\u201d so much reminiscent of what Colm says. <\/p>\n<p>You turn to the boys again. This time they are moving \u2013 up from their tables and proceeding towards their respective rooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/football\/santosh-trophy.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Services have an edge in Santosh Trophy final: Pasha\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Cuttack<\/strong>: They may have qualified for the final of the Santosh Trophy after a gap of forty years but the Tamil Nadu players don\u2019t seem to live in this era. Barely minutes after their hard-earned semifinal victory against Manipur, they seemed to go back to the Stone Age. 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