{"id":9422,"date":"2012-08-24T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T10:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9422"},"modified":"2012-08-24T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T10:16:16","slug":"nehru-cup-india-lock-horns-with-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9422","title":{"rendered":"Nehru Cup: India lock horns with Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi:<\/strong> \u2018We need to go on top,\u201d uttered Wim Koevermans. Can you tell me the way to the top? From the top you get a better view. You can look down and study everyone,\u201d he added, and took the stairs. Minutes later, he was there in his seat to study Maldives (against Nepal) from the Upper Tier of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWim Koevermans comes from the Dutch School of thought. So it\u2019s understandable, he will try to implement the same in Indian football,\u201d maintained Maldives Coach Istvan Urbanyi. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to comment on India at the moment. Rain played a major role in India\u2019s first match against Syria. So I just can\u2019t draw any comparison between this Indian side and former ones,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s too early to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPast is past. The match against Sryia is past at the moment,\u201d stressed Koevermans in the Team Meeting. \u201cIf you think about Syria, you will stumble. Maldives boast of some good players who can make a difference,\u201d was Koevermans\u2019 study of Maldives.<\/p>\n<p>For Maldives, Captain Ali Ashfaq was brilliant against Nepal. His runs were incisive and more often than not, he had the entire Nepal defence chasing. It was at the age of 18 that he was offered a first team contract with Portuguese giants Benfica which he refused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of my players observed Ramadan and hence, I\u2019m worried a bit about their fitness levels. But at the same time, you need to remember both my debutants scored against Nepal. Abdullah Asadullah is just 22 (he was declared the Man-of-the-Match against Nepal) and Easa Ismail is a super talent,\u201d Urbanyi maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Koevermans watched from the top. The white papers were scribbled; his pen stayed busy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia are trying to adapt to a different style of play. It was visible before the rain forced a brief halt in their first match against Syria,\u201d Urbanyi went on. \u201cThat we had many scoring chances against Nepal adds to our confidence. But at the same time, when you get so many of them, you ought to kill the match early,\u201d he dissects his own team.<\/p>\n<p>You approach anyone in the Indian Team and they stay cautious. Syed Rahim Nabi echoes: \u201cMaldives is a different match.\u201d You take two steps and approach Gourmangi Singh, and he quips: \u201cWe have had a good start. We need to sustain the momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koevermans wasn\u2019t the sole one who was there on the Upper Tier; Team India\u2019s Video Analyst was also there. In fact, this is the first time any Indian Team boasts of a Video Analyst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at the team videos, you get to watch the broader angle and improve on the positioning of the players. It\u2019s pertinent,\u201d Koevermans educates. \u201cThe players need to see and judge for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You remember Rahim Nabi\u2019s words. \u201cI have been playing for the National Team since 2004 but Koevermans has taught me a lot as far as positioning on the field is concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The kick-off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>August 25, 2012: India vs Maldives (7pm).<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: \u2018We need to go on top,\u201d uttered Wim Koevermans. Can you tell me the way to the top? From the top you get a better view. You can look down and study everyone,\u201d he added, and took the stairs. Minutes later, he was there in his seat to study Maldives (against Nepal) from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[6190,6189,1538,6032],"class_list":["post-9422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories","tag-ali-ashfaq","tag-istvan-gurbanyi","tag-syed-rahim-nabi","tag-wim-koevarmans"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nehru Cup: India lock horns with Maldives - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9422\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nehru Cup: India lock horns with Maldives - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: \u2018We need to go on top,\u201d uttered Wim Koevermans. 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