04-29-2004, 10:09 PM
From siddhartha's link:
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<i>What did you tell the boys in this morning? What was the strategy?</i>
I just told the boys that they had never won on Pakistan soil. <b><span style='color:red'>I urged them to win this title as a gift for the Kargil martyrs. It is a small gift, but I feel that we have made a small offering to the soldiers who died fighting in Kargil. </b></span> <!--emo&:rocker--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rocker.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rocker.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:rocker--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rocker.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rocker.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The boys were so confident that they told me they would pound five goals against Pakistan, just as they had done against Poland [in the six-nation Junior Challenge Cup in Poland last August]. I was shocked. I have never ever seen an Indian team so relaxed before playing a game against Pakistan. With this win the team has 30 consecutive victories. The character they have shown is brilliant.
<i>Were you nervous when Pakistan scored two quick goals in the second half?</i>
My midfielder, Girish Pimple, got a yellow card, so the Pakis had the advantage. They were screaming and hitting my players like anything. <b>I told my players that when the Pakistanis lose their cool you keep yours and we will win. That is exactly what happened. They were under pressure. I knew this Pakistani team was bad <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo--> . </b>They have one guy who is married [Imran Warsi] in the team and no one exceptional. They were playing at home and had to win at all costs.
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<i>What did you tell the boys in this morning? What was the strategy?</i>
I just told the boys that they had never won on Pakistan soil. <b><span style='color:red'>I urged them to win this title as a gift for the Kargil martyrs. It is a small gift, but I feel that we have made a small offering to the soldiers who died fighting in Kargil. </b></span> <!--emo&:rocker--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rocker.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rocker.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:rocker--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rocker.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rocker.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The boys were so confident that they told me they would pound five goals against Pakistan, just as they had done against Poland [in the six-nation Junior Challenge Cup in Poland last August]. I was shocked. I have never ever seen an Indian team so relaxed before playing a game against Pakistan. With this win the team has 30 consecutive victories. The character they have shown is brilliant.
<i>Were you nervous when Pakistan scored two quick goals in the second half?</i>
My midfielder, Girish Pimple, got a yellow card, so the Pakis had the advantage. They were screaming and hitting my players like anything. <b>I told my players that when the Pakistanis lose their cool you keep yours and we will win. That is exactly what happened. They were under pressure. I knew this Pakistani team was bad <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo--> . </b>They have one guy who is married [Imran Warsi] in the team and no one exceptional. They were playing at home and had to win at all costs.