THE INDIAN WORLD CUP SQUAD HAS THE CHARACTER TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE FIFA TOURNAMENT: LUIS NORTON DE MATOS

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The All India Football Federation has appointed the former Portugal U-21 coach Luis Norton de Matos as the man to guide India’s fortunes at the FIFA U-17 World Cup later this year, on Wednesday (March 1, 2017).

 

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And he has already started to coach the India U 17 World cup squad, as the Portuguese De Matos, whose great grandfather had lived in Goa, arrived here last Saturday and got onto the field for his first training session on Monday.

Where he feels that the Indian World Cup squad has the "character" to make an impact in the FIFA tournament, scheduled to be held in the country later this year, if it adopts his philosophy.

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As during a press conference de Matos said, "I cannot tell you about it right now. I have come here to build the team and not results. In India the focus is on cricket but now it is slowly changing towards football. If the boys stick to my philosophy and adopt to my pattern of plan they can create impact in the World Cup against stronger team," 

"Right now we have a pool of 30 boys and we are looking to recruit more boys if they are good. During the first five weeks we will play friendly matches with the local teams and assess the strength of the team before we move abroad in Portugal to play competitive matches against stronger team where we will be able to assess the strength of the team.

"The seven months period is good enough to build a team and create an impact."

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He added, "I am very happy to be here in Goa where my great grandfather lived and it brought me lots of old memories. It's destiny that has brought me here.

"My parents always spoke to me about Goa and during Christmas in Portugal we have fish and curry even though it's not tradition. I cannot forget the curry and it brought me tears in my eyes when I had it."