{"id":9362,"date":"2012-08-21T15:27:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9362"},"modified":"2012-08-21T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:27:08","slug":"india-take-on-syria-in-nehru-cup-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9362","title":{"rendered":"Football: India take on Syria in Nehru Cup Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-2966\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil_chhetri.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"India take on Syria in Nehru Cup Opener\" width=\"200\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil_chhetri.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil_chhetri-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>New Delhi<\/strong>: Sometimes the road seems to have no end. You drive and drive amidst the green but the destination never seems to arrive. On the way, you cross milestones \u2013 the Budh International Circuit and then the newly formed Yamuna Expressway &#8212; Delhi to Agra in just 2 hours! Life\u2019s fast, no doubt.<\/p>\n<p>But you are yet to reach the Greens, Jaypee Greens. But once you are there at the Integrated Sports Complex, you feel refreshed. Not because of the state-of-the-art facility which the Senior Indian Team has been making use of, but for the newly targeted vision for Indian Football. \u2018Pass, pass and pass.\u2019 Lose the ball, regroup fast, try to win it back and then \u2018pass, pass and pass.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Nehru Cup awaits &#8212; defending Champions India take on runners-up Syria in the tournament opener at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday (August 22). The kick-off is slated for 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>You move around and the whisper makes rounds. \u2018Patience,\u2019 stays the buzz. The players mention so, the staff mention so.<\/p>\n<p>National Coach Wim Koevermans smiles. \u201cThe sport is all about the ball. You keep possession, you stay in control. You lose possession, you need to gain it back fast so that you stay in control,\u201d he utters. The practice sessions have been enough testimony to that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you need to be patient,\u201d quips Chhetri. \u201cIn every sphere of life, you ought to be. Adaptaion to the new style under a new Coach needs patience. Just because of the new setup, you can\u2019t expect miracles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Syria have been studied but as Koevermans insists, videos are never the true reflection of any team. \u201cWhen you study a team via a video, it doesn\u2019t give you an impression of their off the ball movements,\u201d he propheses. Incidentally, this is the first time any Indian National Team has the luxury of a video analyst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSyria are one of the best teams in Asia,\u201d Chhetri continues. \u201cJust because we beat them in the last two editions of the Nehru cup doesn\u2019t mean the trend will continue. But we want it to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Questions keep flowing at the pre-match Press Conference. \u201cI urge all the fans to be behind us when we take the field at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,\u201d Sunil says in Hindi. Realising it was all Latin for Koevermans who was sitting next, he turned to him and apologised. \u201cCarry on. I understand what you say,\u201d the Coach quipped as everyone burst into laughter.<\/p>\n<p>The kicks-off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is at 7pm (August 22, 2012).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Sometimes the road seems to have no end. You drive and drive amidst the green but the destination never seems to arrive. 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