{"id":9875,"date":"2012-10-11T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/theres-no-room-for-complacency-armando\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T16:59:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:59:16","slug":"theres-no-room-for-complacency-armando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/theres-no-room-for-complacency-armando\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s no room for complacency: Armando Colaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<br \/>Dempo Sports Club coach Armando Colaco admits he is \u201cextra cautious\u201d ahead of his team\u2019s clash against Sporting Clube de Goa in a second round I-League clash at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on Friday (October 12).<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-MBBkft8Iuds\/UHbkb4jhTGI\/AAAAAAAAX4c\/LCrzHiaSEWM\/s1600\/Armando-Colaco.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Armando-Colaco.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\nDespite being far away from their best, Dempo won the opening match 2-1 against Churchill Brothers. But it is Sporting Clube\u2019s superlative performance against East Bengal that has given the defending champions the jitters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was amazed the way Sporting Clube played against East Bengal and that too without any foreign players. They have a lot of spunk are filled with energy and will come hard at us. We have to be extra cautious against them.\u201d said the former India coach.<\/p>\n<p>The Dempo coach also asked his team not to be complacent against a team that is high on confidence. \u201cMy players should not take this match lightly. Sporting are a dangerous team and against East Bengal, they demonstrated they can match anyone even if they do not have any foreign player on the field,\u201d Armando added. It is unlikely that the Dempo coach  will make any significant change to the team that started on a winning note against Churchill Brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting Clube de Goa, on the other hand, are bristling with confidence after snatching a point against East Bengal. \u201cWe were worried in the opening match but now that the boys have proved themselves, they will feel much more relieved and confident. I am sure we can perform in the same manner against Dempo,\u201d said Technical Director Alex Alvares.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting fielded an all Indian side in the opening match and for the second consecutive match the trend could continue. \u201cWe do not feel the need to make any changes. These boys are capable of upsetting the odds,\u201d said Alvares.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dempo Sports Club coach Armando Colaco admits he is \u201cextra cautious\u201d ahead of his team\u2019s clash against Sporting Clube de Goa in a second round I-League clash at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on Friday (October 12). Despite being far away from their best, Dempo won the opening match 2-1 against Churchill Brothers. But it is Sporting Clube\u2019s superlative performance against East Bengal that has given the defending champions the jitters. \u201cI was amazed the way Sporting Clube played against East Bengal and that too without any foreign players. They have a lot of spunk are filled with energy and will come <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[571,169,166],"class_list":["post-9875","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\/9875","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=9875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40768,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875\/revisions\/40768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}