We have to respect Chile and play well: Sreejesh

Playing its inaugural lucifer against Chile successful the FIH inferior men’s hockey World Cup astatine the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium present connected Friday, Indian caput manager P. R. Sreejesh said helium volition not instrumentality the absorption lightly.

“Chile is bully successful onslaught and defence. We person to respect Chile and play well,” helium said.

For Rohit, playing his last inferior World Cup, volition beryllium an affectional moment. “We person been waiting for this for a agelong time. We are ready,” the 21-year-old captain, who was portion of the the erstwhile variation successful 2023 wherever India finished fourth, said.

In its eighth quality astatine the World Cup, Chile volition anticipation to bushed Oman oregon Switzerland and decorativeness successful the top-12. “The mean property of our players this clip is 19. It’s our imagination to enactment successful 2nd oregon possibly 3rd spot successful Group (B). In the past World Cup, we finished 15th,” said the team’s caput manager Matias Amoroso.

Chile had a preparatory campy successful Oman wherever it played a mates of matches. “We were successful Oman for a week playing 3 matches. We conscionable had 1 signifier lucifer successful Chennai with Bangladesh which we mislaid 0-3,” said Amoroso.

Chile skipper Felipe Richard said playing against the location broadside successful beforehand of a goodly assemblage volition beryllium a large experience. “Hockey is not fashionable successful Chile but is growing. We expect a afloat assemblage here. We volition effort to enactment focused,” helium said.