Women's team mentality has improved, says coach Sjoerd Marijne
Sjoerd Marijne heaped praise on the Indian women's team mentality after they put up a strong performance at the Olympic test event held in Tokyo last week. They began with a 2-1 win over Japan, drew 2-2 against Australia, held China to a goalless draw before the final win against Japan.
There was a sense of incompletion on the faces of the Indian women's team after they came back from behind twice to secure a draw against Australia at the recent Olympic test event that was held in Tokyo. Even though they managed to register a draw against the second highest-ranked team in the world, Sjoerd Marijne's squad felt they could have done better. The Dutch coach commended his team's mentality at the tournament last week where he added that the current mentality in the squad was a positive sign.Â
“It was a good thing to see them disappointed. They knew they could have won that game against Australia. So it was good that they knew what they could have done.
“In the Australia game, we didn’t play our best which was hurting. I told the girls that the level has to be higher than this. Thankfully, they felt they could have done more to win the game. That’s a good mentality,” Marijne was quoted as saying in an interview with Scroll.in.
Marijne, who has coached the Netherlands U-21 men's team, insisted that he was happy with his team's consistency over the course of the recent tournament held in Tokyo.Â
“I was very happy with the consistency in the last two games. I told the team that this is what we need to continue. There is no going back from here and this consistency is the benchmark,” Marijne added.Â
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