{"id":3235,"date":"2016-05-28T05:12:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/our-goal-stays-same-was-never-looking\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T15:58:09","slug":"our-goal-stays-same-was-never-looking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/our-goal-stays-same-was-never-looking\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018OUR GOAL STAYS THE SAME\u2019 Was Never Looking To Avoid Any Team, Asserts Nicolai"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIndia U-16 Head Coach Nicolai Adam said he wasn\u2019t looking to \u201cavoiding any particular Team,\u201d in the AFC U-16 Finals. Moments after India were drawn in Group A with Asian Powerhouses Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, Nicolai maintained that all he wants is a \u201cgood Competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no question about avoiding any particular Team. I was perhaps the most relaxed person in the hall and all I want is good Competition which will augur well for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he said.<\/p>\n

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\nWill you label Group A as the \u2018Group of Death?\u2019
\nThis isn\u2019t a Group of Death at all. This is us plus 15 other Best Teams from Asia. I don\u2019t know how many times I have met Iran as opponents and they are there again in our Group,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

India had last met Iran in the AFC U-16 Qualifiers in Tabriz in a match which Iran won 3-0.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have any idea about Saudi Arabia and UAE. I will try to gather as much information as we can about them and then sit down to analyse them and find out the solution to beat them\u201d Nicolai saids about India\u2019s other two opponents in Group A.<\/p>\n

The AFC U-16 Finals kick-off in Goa on September 15, 2016 with the Final slated to be held onOctober 2, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I see the whole matrix, they are all good Teams. You just have to play them one by one. Our goal stays the same \u2013 qualifying to the U-17 World Cup on merit. We will ready and fit for the Championship,\u201d Nicolai added.<\/p>\n

With the AIFF Youth Cup having been concluded, the India U-16 Team are proceeding to exposure Tours to Germany and Norway as part of their preparation for the Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of ground to cover. Right from our May 28 morning when we land in Germany at 8am in the morning, we will start. The same day at 6pm we will have our first session. What it basically means is that there isn\u2019t much time to rest,\u201d Nicolai quipped.
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Below are India\u2019s fixtures for the Tournament:<\/b>
\nSeptember 15, 2016: India vs UAE \u2013 September (7pm).
\nSeptember 18, 2016: Saudi Arabia vs India (7pm).
\nSeptember 21, 2016: India vs Iran (7pm).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India U-16 Head Coach Nicolai Adam said he wasn\u2019t looking to \u201cavoiding any particular Team,\u201d in the AFC U-16 Finals. Moments after India were drawn in Group A with Asian Powerhouses Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, Nicolai maintained that all he wants is a \u201cgood Competition.\u201d \u201cThere was no question about avoiding any particular Team. I was perhaps the most relaxed person in the hall and all I want is good Competition which will augur well for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he said. Will you label Group A as the \u2018Group of Death?\u2019 This isn\u2019t a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[571,169,166],"class_list":["post-3235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-update","tag-aiff","tag-football","tag-sports","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23091,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions\/23091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}