India’s Football Coach is Not Overjoyed With Team’s New Record

Coach Stephen Constantine didn’t sound overjoyed after India set a record on Saturday.

File photo of the Indian football team.

(Photo Courtesy: Twitter/Indian Football Team)

The day when Indian National Team made the Football historians rewrote the history book, coach Stephen Constantine didn't sound overjoyed after having attained the historic feat of winning eight consecutive official international matches.

It (winning eight matches on a trot) will mean nothing unless we qualify for the AFC Asian Cup 2019. That’s where my goal lies and it will be so. I’m not a person who goes by the history. Be it 9, 10, 11, it matters little for me unless we achieve our target. Obviously, it’s important to win matches to continue the momentum. But, our main aim is to get into the right shape before taking on Macau and it’s still the same.

Stephen Constantine

It was in the period from 1962 to 1964 that the Indian National Team had won seven International matches on the trot.

But Constantine's boys have now broken all records having won eight on the trot since the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers Playoff Round 1 match against Laos on June 2, 2016.

Stephen shared the credit with all the backroom staffs as well while thanking them in front of the media.

It’s not only about me or the players. The doctor, physio, media manager, equipment manager, masseur – everyone is part of the job and they deserve the due credit. All of them play their due part to keep the best players on the pitch.

Stephen Constantine

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(With inputs from PTI)

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