Indian Senior Men\u2019s National Team Head Coach Igor Stimac named 6 newcomers into India\u2019s final list of 23 for the King\u2019s Cup slated to kick-off in Buriram, Thailand from June 5. The\u00a0 23-member squad for the upcoming King’s Cup was announced on Saturday evening, with Nishu Kumar and Jobby Justin missing out.<\/p>\n
The six newcomers include Rahul Bheke, Brandon Fernandes, Raynier Fernandes, Michael Soosairaj, Abdul Sahal, and India U-17 World Cup team captain Amarjit Singh. Besides, Adil Khan made a comeback to the squad post-2012, while Goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh is yet to make his International debut.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe accomplished our work in Delhi, and I would like to use this opportunity to appreciate everyone\u2019s involvement in helping us in doing so,\u201d Stimac stated. \u201cI need to thank AIFF, the players, the media, the hotel authorities, and obviously the Sports Authority for providing us with great training facilities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to make the difficult decision about the remaining two slots in the squad, and eventually, Nishu Kumar, and Jobby Justin were released,\u201d the coach informed.<\/p>\n
The Blue Tigers leave the Indian shores for Thailand today (June 2, 2019). They have an overnight stay in Bangkok tonight, and will fly to Buriram on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Central Defender Sandesh Jhingan declared that \u201call the boys have thoroughly enjoyed the camp, and are pumped up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe coach has brought in his new system. We are playing more with the ball now — more of an attacking side of Football. With the success we have had before, players are motivated. They believe they can do more. Everyone is hungry for more success,\u201d Jhingan explained.<\/p>\n
Goalkepeer Gurpreet Singh Sandhu stressed, \u201cCoach Stimac is a hardcore professional.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very important for a coach to be honest, and he is very straightforward. Most significantly, he provides all the proper reasoning of what he is trying to do, the purpose behind everything which is being done,\u201d Sandhu expressed. \u201cThe kind of hunger the boys are showing to learn from such an experienced coach has been exemplary. Whatever he says, it interests us, and the boys are never tired of listening to him. He is incorporating his ideas, and we are ready to learn,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n
Midfielder Pronoy Halder admitted that he has \u201cimproved significantly as a player under Stimac.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has been guiding me on, and off the ball, explaining my positioning as per match situations. He is a great motivator, and is himself highly motivated,\u201d Halder smiled. \u201cHe mentions that we can bridge the gap with higher nations, but we need to work hard on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt times we imagine the names he has coached \u2013 Modric, Perisic, Kovacic, amongst others. It is up for us to grab as much as we can,\u201d Halder narrated.<\/p>\n
Jhingan also mentioned that it\u2019s \u201calways a bonus for any player if the coach who comes in has played in his position.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a central defender who has played in the FIFA World Cup France 1998 where Croatia finished third, and has played League football at the highest level, and also been a youth world champion. I have spoken to him about areas I want to improve on, and he has stressed on certain factors. It\u2019s always so encouraging to have the right connection.\u201d<\/p>\n
The preparatory camp had kicked-off in the Capital on May 21. India plays Curacao in their first match of King\u2019s Cup on June 5, while the second match is slated for June 8.<\/p>\n
The final list of 23 for the King\u2019s Cup is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n GOALKEEPERS:\u00a0<\/strong>Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Kamaljit Singh.<\/p>\n DEFENDERS:<\/strong>\u00a0Pritam Kotal, Rahul Bheke, Sandesh Jhingan, Adil Khan, Subhasish Bose.<\/p>\n MIDFIELDERS:\u00a0<\/strong>Udanta Singh, Jackichand Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Anirudh Thapa, Raynier Fernandes, Pronay Halder, Vinit Rai, Sahal Abdul, Amarjit Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Michael Soosairaj.<\/p>\n FORWARDS:\u00a0<\/strong>Balwant Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Farukh Choudhary, Manvir Singh.<\/p>\n HEAD COACH:<\/strong>\u00a0Igor Stimac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Indian Senior Men\u2019s National Team Head Coach Igor Stimac named 6 newcomers into India\u2019s final list of 23 for the King\u2019s Cup slated to kick-off in Buriram, Thailand from June 5. The\u00a0 23-member squad for the upcoming King’s Cup was announced on Saturday evening, with Nishu Kumar and Jobby Justin missing out. The six newcomers include Rahul Bheke, Brandon Fernandes, Raynier Fernandes, Michael Soosairaj, Abdul Sahal, and India U-17 World Cup team captain Amarjit Singh. Besides, Adil Khan made a comeback to the squad post-2012, while Goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh is yet to make his International debut. \u201cWe accomplished our work in Delhi, and I would like to use this opportunity … Continue reading “Igor Stimac names India’s 23-man squad for King’s Cup , six newcomers included”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":1441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,27],"tags":[616,622,628,618,541,629,625,630,617,608,23,624,534,615,545,553,48,619,626,620,49,627,621,623,220,349,539],"class_list":["post-1439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-indian-national-football-team","tag-2019-kings-cup","tag-adil-khan","tag-amarjit-singh","tag-amrinder-singh","tag-anirudh-thapa","tag-balwant-singh","tag-brandon-fernandes","tag-farukh-choudhary","tag-gurpreet-singh-sandhu","tag-igor-stimac","tag-indian-national-football-team","tag-jackichand-singh","tag-kamaljit-singh","tag-kings-cup-thailand","tag-lallianzuala-chhangte","tag-manvir-singh","tag-michael-soosairaj","tag-pritam-kotal","tag-pronay-halder","tag-rahul-bheke","tag-raynier-fernandes","tag-sahal-abdul","tag-sandesh-jhingan","tag-subhasish-bose","tag-sunil-chhetri","tag-udanta-singh","tag-vinit-rai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}