#3 Nicolai Adam has to focus on results soon
Nicolai Adam and his backroom staff deserve plenty of plaudits for the manner in which they have overseen the development of one of the most promising sides to ever play for India at youth level. With plenty of tournaments like the AIFF Youth Cup, the U-16 AFC Championship and the BRICS U-17 Football Cup taking place, there is plenty of exposure for our young side.
That is the very point of youth football – development. Results usually do not matter much at this level – just look at how often African sides win the U-17 or U-20 World Cups but their senior sides do not. Yet, one feels that after so many games where the Indian Colts have put in fantastic performances deserving of victories in vain, they are desperately in need of a win for morale.
Adam seems to have taken the hint, now giving his side a tactical education as they look far more compact as opposed to the gung-ho attitude in the U-16 AFC Championships. Speaking after the loss to Russia, Adam had this to say : “We tried our best to score and we tried hard enough, I even made some attacking changes but credit to the Russian Team for not allowing as that many clear goal-scoring opportunities. At the end of the day, the result counts, it does not matter if we deserved to win or lose.”
