<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font size="4" face="Arial">Jets' Papas to coach Indian youth soccer</font><br></p><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><p></p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">A post-season trip to the Indian sub-continent has resulted in Newcastle Jets' youth league coach Arthur Papas being offered the Indian under-22 head coaching role.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Papas was delighted to accept the opportunity to continue his development as a coach overseas and to be involved in Indian football at a time of great change.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">"I'm only 32, and it's a very exciting time to be involved in Indian football. I think it is very important for my coaching education to coach across Asia," Papas said.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "> "With a huge population, FIFA is very keen to grow the game there... I'm very keen to show what I can offer."</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><b>It will be a whirlwind couple of weeks for Papas as he goes into camp with the Indian side on June 1 in Dubai.</b></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><b>The squad have organised a 10-day training camp at the quarters of UAE club Al-Wasl who are coached by Diego Maradona and hope to organise a friendly match against the Argentine's team as preparation for their AFC under-22 Asian Cup qualifying campaign beginning next month.</b></p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Following the tournament in Oman Papas will continue coaching the side in the domestic I-League where they play as the Pailan Arrows.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">"The fact that the players play together in the national domestic league is a positive for Indian football," Papas said.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Papas who has a track record of developing young talent is under no illusions about the challenge that awaits him on the sub-continent.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">"India is not the strongest in world football right now, but there is a lot of talent in the players over there and coaching them technically is a work in progress.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">"Indian football is undergoing a change of philosophy about how they play the game.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">"In a way, they're in a very similar position to where Australia was a few years ago when we were trying to implement a national system.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">"Down the track, if we do well in the (Asian Cup) qualifying matches, I may even get the chance to coach against Australia."</p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><br></p><p style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/jets-papas-to-coach-indian-youth-soccer-20120524-1z7b9.html"; style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/jets-papas-to-coach-indian-youth-soccer-20120524-1z7b9.html</a></p><p></p>;
it is nice to know that AIFF have organized a foreign camp for the u-22 team in dubai....as the weather conditions in oman and dubai are somewhat similar, it will be good preparation for the team<br>
ohh go...had shilton been fit this would have been best possible u-22 line-up and would be a real chance....<div><br></div><div>anyway good to see 5 different scorers so far...</div><div><br></div><div>any idea what was the tactic used??because shailesh karkera ,mumbai academy manager told that pappas is a lover of 4-3-3 formation so wonder whether it is using his favourite or rob baan's favourite</div>
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