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Indian inferior men’s squad caput manager P.R. Sreejesh said helium expects much from the side’s attackers contempt the glut of goals, up of the last FIH Junior Men’s World Cup 2025 Pool-B crippled against Switzerland present connected Tuesday.
Sreejesh had said helium wanted his players to amusement a ‘killer attitude’ successful beforehand of extremity aft the 7-0 triumph against Chile successful the opener. They scored 17 goals without reply against Oman. But the manager says determination is much enactment to beryllium done.
“In this format, we request to person that benignant of mentality [to people much goals]. League matches are open, and quarterfinal slots are allotted based connected your extremity average,” helium said successful a media interaction.
Sreejesh was a mentor for the inferior squad during its title-winning tally successful Lucknow successful 2016. From his experience, helium says playing successful beforehand of a location assemblage could beryllium a double-edged sword.
“When you are playing well, everything is great. The assemblage acts arsenic your 12th man. But erstwhile you person an disconnected day, past you feel, ‘I don’t privation to enactment myself successful this concern successful beforehand of my ain people’.
“But it’s ever a substance of pridefulness to play for your state successful beforehand of your people. You are the ambassadors for your nation, and you are representing them connected a satellite platform,” the manager said.
Despite Tamil Nadu hosting the prestigious event, determination are nary representatives from the State squad successful the India squad. Sreejesh believes the close steps are being taken to guarantee aboriginal participation.
“Tamil Nadu has started a league for schools. Many astroturfs are besides coming up. They are gathering up astatine the grassroots level, and we volition spot the benefits successful a fewer years. There are a batch of talents successful Tamil Nadu and they volition travel forward,” helium explained.
