Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac stated that he will be keeping a close eye to ensure that his side doesn’t cross the fine line between confidence and overconfidence in SAFF final vs Nepal on Saturday.
“We are not allowing complacency to step in. We are aware of what we need to do. There is a very tiny (fine) line between being confident and overconfident and I am keeping a close eye that we don’t cross that line,” Stimac said on Friday.
“We are rising as a group, as a team and as a big family playing better football with every given day. We have to be patient, keep working hard and be confident. Nepal are a known opponent to us, as much we are to them. We take confidence in having won the last two matches. But I reiterate, we are not overconfident,” Stimac added.
Ahead of the finals three players have already been ruled out of the match — Farukh Choudhury (ACL injury), Brandon Fernandes (quadriceps injury), and Subhashish Bose (red card suspension).
Assistant coach Shanmugam Venkatesh said that the boys need to “enjoy the final”.
“Nepal are an extremely competitive team, and the motivation of playing for both teams in a final is quite normal. We respect Nepal as a team. We have told our boys to enjoy the final,” Venkatesh, who won two SAFF Championships as a player, said.
