Indian Super League (ISL) membership FC Goa’s Spanish chief coach Juan Ferrando has stated that the expertise of taking part in a number of the prime continental groups within the AFC Champions League (ACL) Group Stage lately had proven that his aspect “wants to enhance many tactical points on the pitch in order that we could be extra aggressive on the worldwide stage”.
While FC Goa gave a good account in the premier continental football tournament held in Goa, drawing three games against Qatar’s Al Rayyan and UAE’s Al Wahda, the inexperience was apparent as they also lost three matches — two against Iran’s FC Persepolis and one against Al Wahda — to finish with just three points from six outings.
Persepolis, with 15 points, topped Group E, while Al Wahda, with 13, were second. India couldn’t progress to the knockout round.
“From a psychological point of view, it was tough to accept that we could not get a win. However, in the end, this shows us that in football one needs to be self-demanding and keep improving to be able to celebrate in the future,” stated the 40-year-old tactician.
The coach stated his greatest problem was to organize the crew one of the best ways potential regardless of there being simply at some point for coaching between matches. “To play six high-level matches in simply 20 days is difficult as there isn’t a time for gamers to get better correctly and for the coach to coach them tactically to play the subsequent rival,” said Ferrando.
On the consecutive defeats suffered at the hands of Iran’s Persepolis FC, the coach said, “I hope they (boys) have learned about what playing an international competition means, the effort it requires to play at such a high level. I hope this gives them the motivation to perform even better in the training sessions in the future as these games require one to be at one’s 100 per cent — physically and psychologically.”
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