Sir Armando Colaco!!
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Should we at IFNF address the Dempo coach as Sir Armando Colaco?
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shocked Qatar 2-1, that the
coaches have started demanding
that the All India Football
Federation (AIFF) should discard
the idea of hiring foreign
coaches for the national team.
This was the first time in 10
years India had beaten a team
placed in the top-100 of the Fifa
rankings when goals from Sunil
Chetri and Sushil Kumar Singh
sank the 2006 Asian Games
champions on their home turf on
Sunday.
Sukhwinder Singh, who guided
India to a memorable win over
United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the
World Cup qualifiers in 2001,
was impressed with the team’s
performance.
“It’s a huge and creditable win,
not a tailor-made one on home
pitch. I am happy it came under
Indian coach Armando Colaco. If
you look at the statistics closely,
you will find the national team
always came a cropper outside
India in the last five years,” said
Sukhwinder.
“There are no alternatives to
aboriginal coaches when it
comes to national team. They
know and understand the Indian
players better and are aware of
the ground realities,”
Sukhwinder added.
Colaco, on his part, gave all credit
to the players. “This is what I call
not just an impressive
performance but also perfect.
Whatever we had planned was
executed to perfection. I am
delighted with the performance
of this team.”
Pointing out that Qatar had just
come back from a tour of
Europe, Colaco said, “Look at the
Qatar’s preparations for the
World Cup qualifier against
Vietnam.
“They trained abroad and
invested huge amount in the
preparations. They hired the best
of coaches but we got the better
of them. This proves that India
has the potential. We have the
players and the coaches,” Colaco
said.
One of India’s most successful
club coaches, Colaco has been
given the national job on a
purely temporary basis after the
end of British coach Bob
Houghton’s five-year stint.
Subhas Bhowmick, a 1970 Asian
Games bronze medallist and a
former national coach, said he
was sick and tired of AIFF’s ad-
hoc policy. “Had this win been
achieved under Houghton
everyone would have gone to
town praising the technical
acumen of the foreign coach.- The Telegraphvested huge amount in the
preparations. They hired the best
of coaches but we got the better
of them. This proves that India
has the potential. We have the
players and the coaches,” Colaco
said.
One of India’s most successful
club coaches, Colaco has been
given the national job on a
purely temporary basis after the
end of British coach Bob
Houghton’s five-year stint.
Subhas Bhowmick, a 1970 Asian
Games bronze medallist and a
former national coach, said he
was sick and tired of AIFF’s ad-
hoc policy. “Had this win been
achieved under Houghton
everyone would have gone to
town praising the technical
acumen of the foreign coach.- The Telegraph
are not going to succumb to the
pressure but will try our level
best to show an improved
performance in play. They are
very aggressive and understand
each other very well. We are
working on some strategies/
tactics especially slowing down
the pace of the game.” - Armando Colaco on the upcoming WC qualifier against UAE.
<br><div><br></div><div>What a difference 2 years can make.</div>