Although the entire world has come to a halt owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian U-16 National Team coach Bibiano Fernandes been conducting three weekly webinars to understand where his wards stand physically and mentally, and how much they have been working on the regular workout routines provided to them. Apart …
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India U-16 head coach Bibiano Fernandes pens down his views in the following article titled, ‘Playing the Beautiful Game with a smile!’ The most common conception of hindsight is mainly dual, either happy or painful. But in the innumerable grey shades of life, the white and the black get blurred …
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The National Team coaches across all age categories met in Kolkata on Wednesday, a day after the India Senior Men’s Team’s World Cup Qualifier against Bangladesh on October 16, bringing about an exchange of ideas in the City of Joy. The meeting was attended by Igor Stimac (Head Coach, Senior …
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Amidst the melee of young players stood a lanky figure in the very epicentre of everyone’s attention. “The number of goals you have scored against a team does not matter. Every match day is a new day. You must respect your opponents at all times,” comments India U-16 Head Coach …
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Winning streaks are a thing of wonder. One win leads to another, and the team rides the momentum to keep winning one after the other. Most recently, the Senior Indian Men’s Team experienced such a streak back in 2016-17, winning nine matches on the trot, an effort that saw them …
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The 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship table may have been turned on its head ahead of the final Group Stage matchday, but India head coach Bibiano Fernandes is only concentrating on getting a favourable result against Bangladesh at the Kalyani Stadium on Thursday, August 29. India have won all their matches …
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India U-15 National Team coach Bibiano Fernandes is expecting a string of “good competitive matches” in Thailand when the Blue colts travel to the ASEAN country for four preparatory matches before the AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers in September this year. “Our objective of going there (Thailand) is to test ourselves …
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Tears rolled as the India U-16 boys cried their hearts out. Moments after the final whistle it was hard to control the emotions and one had to rush to console to the boys, lend them the shoulder to cry on. Hearts had been won by then with the fighting display. …
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90 minutes! 90 minutes maybe 120 minutes and even a penalty shootout separate the India U-16 National Team from qualifying for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru. The Indian colts coached by Bibiano Fernandes have reached the quarterfinal of the ongoing 2018 AFC U-16 Championship in Malaysia and …
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After getting out of the group stages of the AFC U-16 Championship for the first time in 16 years, the Indian U-16 National Team is aiming high. As they stay one win away from qualification to the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, the squad is apprehensive about the …
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