Bob Houghton confinement of Indian team faring well in Nehru Cup.Byline: ANI New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , Aug 14(ANI): Bob Houghton Bobby Houghton (born 1949) is an English football (soccer) manager and former player, currently the head coach of the Indian national team. During his playing career, Houghton was a midfielder for Fulham (1966-69) and Brighton & Hove Albion (1969-70). , chief coach of Indian football team, on Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant exuded confidence at the team and denied that players were under any sort of pressure prior to the Nehru Neh·ru , Pandit Motilal 1861-1931. Indian nationalist politician who was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi and an influential leader in the years leading to India's independence. Cup 2009. Houghton said this while addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Friday. India will be the defending the title that it won in the last edition of Nehru Cup held in 2007. The Nehru Cup is scheduled to kick-off on August 19 at the Ambedkar Stadium in the national capital when hosts India will take on Lebanon. Houghton said that India is well in contention to win the Nehru cup as India is on a roll of winning international competitions. "I don't think it is adding pressure to the boys. I think it's nice feeling for them to come to a tournament where they are regarded by all the other countries that are taking part here to be the team to beat. And that's because we won that thing two years ago and then we won the challenge last year," said Houghton. "It has changed people's opinion about us. And all these countries coming here they will be concerned about the games against India thinking India is the team to beat and that's a very comfortable position to be in," he added. He further said that the players are not taking any of the opponents lightly and it is important that India starts the Nehru Cup campaign with a victory. Indian football team returned from their tour to Spain last week, where they played practice matches against Tercera Division sides. Houghton also stressed on the need to allow players recuperate re·cu·per·ate v. To return to health or strength; recover. from injuries before allowing them to play in matches. "Finally, players don't return to playing national leagues until they are absolutely fit irrespective of irrespective of prep. Without consideration of; regardless of. irrespective of preposition despite the importance of the upcoming games. And this is something we will do with (Sunil) Chettri. I don't think there is no way we will play (Sunil) Chettri if we thought there was any doubt about his fitness," he said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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