Goa: Ahead of the big match day on Wednesday (23 December) where FC Goa takes on Jamshedpur FC in Tilak Maidan, the head coach Juan Ferrando talked about his team’s mentality and how he encourages his team to do better and focuses only on the present and future instead of dwelling in the past.
On being asked what was his biggest worry after losing the last two games, Ferrando told, “Our focus is on the present, to think about the next game against Jamshedpur. Of course, I’m so sad about the last two scores, but we can only change our present, it’s not possible to change the past.”
“Our way is easy, working to prepare on some details, bring control not only in defense but in attack because, if you remember, the last two to three chances for Chennaiyin were because of our mistakes in positional attack,” The Spaniard said on being asked how he gets his players moral back.
We are working on these details, It’s not an excuse but when you have four to five days, you can talk with the team and prepare the training but the last two weeks we had time only for recovering and to build a strong mentality for the next game,” he further added.
It is often found that coaches and players study their opposition’s games and talk in detail about it when asked whether he analyses their games and studied their mistakes. Jamshedpur is currently 5th on the table and Goa is 7th.
“I watched all their games when I was in my room. I have thought of some details but for me, it’s better to work on the pitch and explain the same to the players but there is not enough time. For me, in the end, it’s about getting three points and for the team to believe in our mentality and of course, game by game, we will surely be better because we have a very good squad, who believe in their ways and believe in their mentality and with time they will be better.”
A coach often embarks on the duty of motivating his players and to charge them up for the next game. On asking how he handles the dressing room he said,” There is no word or one sentence that can change the mentality, of course, no, my job is to explain we are in this point, it is necessary to think some details of course.”
He also talks about how he allows his team to talk about their emotions for some time and then it is necessary to get back to training for their next game. ” If we are thinking like a team, this is the same as when you are thinking of your family. Like talking to your sister, wife, mother, it is important to talk about your feelings.”
” It is the same we have time to talk, to discuss some details about the feelings, but after like for 21 hours it 5 o’clock it is important to train and to be ready for the next game,” he concluded.
