New Delhi: Terry Walsh, the Indian Chief Coach is a happy man. He felt that a strong 6th position in a worlc class tournament where top-ranked teams were playing is a significant achievement and promised that the team would do well in the Asian Games and would make sustained efforts to play well in the finals. “There are a lot of good take-aways from this tournament,’’ he felt.

“I am disappointed with today’s match performance. We gave away careless goals which could have been avoided. Overall, there were quite a few learnings for the team from the tournament. This was a high-level competition and gave the team confidence to play against anyone. We have come a long way in this tour and by Asian Games we will be in a reasonably good shape. This has been a growth period for the team.”

Marc Lammers, Coach of the Belgium team said: “Although we won, but the overall performance of the team was just average. India is doing well under the guidance of Terry Welsh. If this continues then India will be back on top again. Earlier they were good in attacking but now they have started defend well too. In today’s match there were lot of speedy counter attacks from them which really surprised me. We came up with a strategy to counter the Indian team with short passes as they are very good in one on one counter. Overall the tournament was a good opportunity for new players to understand international gaming and will help us prepare better for the World Cup.”

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