{"id":9404,"date":"2012-08-23T10:15:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T10:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9404"},"modified":"2012-08-23T10:15:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T10:15:36","slug":"the-dutch-visitor-and-his-dressing-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9404","title":{"rendered":"The Dutch visitor and his \u2018Dressing Room\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/football\/00-bhaichung.jpg\" alt=\"The Dutch visitor and his \u2018Dressing Room\u2019\" width=\"250\" \/><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: The first gentleman is now a tourist. You can better call him a visitor. But once upon a time, not long back, he was an integral part of the Dressing Room. In fact, he was the \u2018Dressing Room.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With Syria conquered, Bhaichung Bhutia, for the moment forgot he was wearing a formal suit and was designated to be at the VVIP gallery at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. He took the stairs &#8212; not up, but down, and walked in.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Home is where Heart is.\u2019 The ice-bath was on by then; some hadn\u2019t even freshened themselves up. Caring little for his formal suit, he embraced all one by one. The gesture touched everyone. After all, that\u2019s what separates the man from others. He is still a player at heart.<\/p>\n<p>The second gentleman was also in a formal suit. On Wednesday, he stepped into a Team India Dressing Room for the first time ahead of a match. And by now, he is no more the visitor but an integral part of the Dressing Room. In fact, he is the \u2018Dressing Room.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With Syria conquered almost an hour back, the ice bath completed, the post match press conference done and even the customary prayer, Wim Koevermans took a forward step. \u201cBefore we leave, I want to say something to you all,\u201d he uttered. The boys looked up.<\/p>\n<p>Three seconds of pin drop silence. \u201cTHANK YOU,\u201d Koevermans broke it. The clapping was spontaneous and loud. It had to be. The boys left the Dressing Room and walked towards the Team Bus \u2013 an old path but a new walk.<\/p>\n<p>Many new faces, a new Coach stressing on a new style which promises much and an unparallel camaraderie among all \u2013 this is a new-age Indian Football Team.<\/p>\n<p>Back at the Dressing Room, Bhaichung and Koevermans had shook hands \u2013 both appreciated the other. \u201cI\u2019m proud of my boys. They adjusted fast and implemented the strategies on the field,\u201d Koevermans maintained. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to pick up any single individual as far as the Syria match is concerned. It was a team effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Team Effort\u2019 stays the buzz in the Camp. \u201cWhen you win, you cannot bask in the glory for long. In the same manner, when you have a bad Tournament, you ought to forget it fast and move on. Under Wim\u2019s guidance, we are taking that forward step,\u201d Captain Sunil Chhetri informs.<\/p>\n<p>The broad grin on Wim Koevermans becomes broader. A visitor till the other day, the Dutch is at present the Indian \u2018Dressing Room.\u2019 The players are looking looking up to him with expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The Chapter has just unfolded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Nilanjan Datta,<\/strong><br \/><strong>AIFF Media Team<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/football\/00-bhaichung.jpg\" alt=\"The Dutch visitor and his \u2018Dressing Room\u2019\" width=\"250\" \/><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: The first gentleman is now a tourist. You can better call him a visitor. But once upon a time, not long back, he was an integral part of the Dressing Room. In fact, he was the \u2018Dressing Room.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With Syria conquered, Bhaichung Bhutia, for the moment forgot he was wearing a formal suit and was designated to be at the VVIP gallery at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. 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