We need to create a family spirit in Indian team, says Isac Doru

We need to create a family spirit in Indian team, says Isac Doru

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According to the AIFF technical director Isac Doru, there is a need of creating a family spirit in the Indian football team between the younger and older members of the side. Doru also added that the addition of six new members to the national side is a major development for the Indian football.

Although the senior Indian football team lost to Curacao 1-3 in the first game of the ongoing King’s Cup in Buriram, Thailand, the newly-appointed coach Igor Stimac handed over international debut to as many as six players - Sahal Abdul Samad, Rahul Bheke, Brandon Fernandes, Amarjit Singh, Raynier Fernandes and Michael Soosairaj. The technical director of the All India Football Federation has termed this as a major development for the game in India.

"So many new debutants in a match is a major development in Indian football. We need to bring in new players who bring in new energy in the squad. The coach wants to see a lot of players, myself too," Doru told the AIFF official website.

"We need to create a family spirit in the team -- among the older, younger and newer players. With six newcomers, it's a very important thing and definitely, I think there will be more newcomers in the future."

With the appointment of the new coach and a new technical director at the helm, the federation is looking forward to bring in some good changes and holistic development of the game in the country. Doru also stressed on the importance of discovering talented players at a younger age.

"I'm sure we have the talent and potential in India but we need to discover such players at a younger stage. I recently saw the Hero Junior League and there were a few really talented players. It doesn't matter if you are 15, 16 or 17. As long as you have the potential, you can play at a high level. We have to pay attention to such players and develop them,” the technical director opined. 

Speaking about India’s loss in the first game of the King’s Cup, he said, “The first half left a lot to be desired. But in the second 45 minutes, the coach changed a few things and we started controlling the game, and had a lot of chances to score. We saw two different performances in the two halves -- as if we played with two different teams. In the second half, we had control and played attacking,  which is very important."

India will now take on continental rivals Thailand in the next game to ensure they finish third in the tournament. The last meeting between these two teams was India’s first game of the AFC Asian Cup in the UAE which the Blue Tigers won by a huge margin of 4-1 goals. Doru asserted that the hosts have a strong side and are technically sound.

"Thailand have some players who are very fast and technically sound. They will be fitter than us with the Thai league in the middle of the season. "However, what I am expecting to see is that we go out and fight. It doesn't matter whether you lose the game but what matters is that you control it, and fight for every ball," he concluded.

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