A day prior to India’s match against Mauritius in the Tri-Nation Football Series, Indian National Coach Stephen Constantine says that despite the recent good run, “we are not in a position to overestimate our ability.” In a freewheeling interview, the Coach opens up about strengths of Mauritius and St. Kitts …
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One of the hallmarks of National Coach Stephen Constantine’s coaching career has been his eye to spot players from nowhere and draft them into his squad as part of the team’s developmental process. At the moment as India train in Mumbai ahead of the tri-nation International Football series, there are …
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Indian national team coach Stephen Constantine feels that the forthcoming AIFF International Tri-nation Football series will serve as an ideal platform for his team to prepare for India’s forthcoming crucial 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifying match against Macau on September 5. “The two matches would immensely benefit our quest to …
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The Indian Senior National Team will be camping in Chennai prior to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup – UAE qualifiers fixture against Macau which is scheduled on September 5, 2017. After back-to-back wins against Myanmar and the Kyrgyz Republic in the first two fixtures, India will fly to Macau for …
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Stephen Constantine has been the craftsman behind India’s meteoric rise in the last couple of years and he prefers to stick to his philosophy of ‘giving the boys exposure’ as much as possible in the International arena. “The whole objective of mine before coming to Doha was to give as …
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Although the points table shows that India are categorically out of the tournament, Stephen Constantine foresees the future amongst these bunch of boys. So much so that he doesn’t hesitate to mention that “we’re not too far behind than anybody else in Asia”. “These boys have a great future. I …
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Plaudits are still flowing in for the gutsy performance put in by the India U-22 team against favourites Qatar in the second match of the AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers yesterday, July 21. Despite going down by a solitary second-half goal, the Indians have drawn huge accolades from none other than …
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Despite going down by two second-half goals against Syria U23 team in the first match of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers, India’s U-23 boys, most of whom would be playing their fourth international match at this level tomorrow (July 21, 2017), draw inspiration from the praise bestowed on them …
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The Indian National Team has undergone a massive fillip in recent times and ever since British Coach Stephen Constantine took over way back in February 2015, the National Team is on an upward surge in the FIFA Rankings, achieving its best ever FIFA Rank since February 1996 in July 2017 …
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Indian National Team Coach Stephen Constantine, presently in charge of the India U-23 Team prefers the ‘long-term goal’ rather churn out quick results from the forthcoming 2017 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers which kicks-off in Doha on Wednesday (July 19, 2017) when India play Syria in their opener. The match between …
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