On May 5, the Indian Football Association announced the 23-man roster of the Indian National Youth Team for the training camp in Portugal:
Goalkeepers: Vishal Keith (AIFF Elite), Rohit Ramesh (East Bengal), Aarush Raju Hari(Reliance Foundation)
Defenders: Thokchom Malemngamba Singh (Chennaiyan FC), Brahmacharimayum Sumit Sharma (Classic FA), Sumit Adhikari (Bengaluru FC), Subhashish Bose (Churchill Brothers), Takhellambam Bungson Singh (Classic FA), Thangjam Roshan Singh (Classic FA), Mohammed Kaif (Diamond Harbour),
Midfielders: Gurnaj Singh Grewal (East Bengal), Danny Meitei (NorthEast UTD), MD Arbash (Classic FA), Ninghthoukhongjam Rishi Singh (Classic FA), Ahongshangbam Samson (Classic FA), Yohaan Benjamin (Shillong Lajong), Hemneichung Lunkim (Delhi), Rohan Singh (Alchemy Inter), Singamayum Sharma (Punjab), Ishaan Shishodia (Mumbai City), Mahmad Sami (Sudeva Delhi).
Forwards: Kevin Gomez (FC GOA), Omang Dadum (Punjab)
In this roster, there are no players playing overseas. Neil still attaches great importance to this training camp. After all, this is the first time he has gone abroad for training since he took over the team.
In a few days, Neil was going to lead a team abroad. Suddenly, Neil received a call in the hotel. The person turned out to be his younger brother Harshit Mehta. In Neil's memory, the relationship between the two brothers was pretty good.
However, since he took over the position of head coach of the National Youth Team, the two have not communicated. Neil was a little surprised by his brother's sudden call.
"Hey! Harshad! Why did you call suddenly?" Neil asked curiously.
"Congratulations on becoming the national youth coach, brother!"
"Thank you! But I have been the coach of the national youth team for some time. Why are you congratulating me just now? Is there something wrong?" Neil replied jokingly.
"Well, yes, there is something." Harshad said awkwardly.
"Tell me, I will help if I can."
"Brother! I want to set up an agency." Harshad said firmly.
"Agency?"
"Yes! I want to set up a football agency!"
Neil originally thought that Harshad was talking about an agency in the entertainment industry, but after Harshad's reply, he realized that it was a football agency.
Neil couldn't help but fall into deep thought. In Neil's previous life, football agents had a bad reputation in India. .
In fact, not only in India, but also abroad, there are many people who think that football agents are greedy.
However, the importance of agents is self-evident, and there are some agents who can not only make enough money, but also have a good reputation, such as Mendes who is the agent of Cristiano Ronaldo and many more prominent footballers.
At this time, Neil thought of the scouting system in his mind. The players brought by the scouting system are all potential stocks. He can completely let his younger brother become the agent of these players.
"Brother?" Harshad pulled Neil out of his thoughts.
"Agent! Not bad. So what do you want me to do for you?" Neil asked.
"I don't know much about this industry, so I'm asking you for details," Harshad replied.
"Well, How about this, I'll introduce someone to you. He's a German friend I met when I was studying abroad. Later, by chance, he became an agent, and he has some connections in Europe. I'll give you his contact information and you two can communicate." Neil thought for a while and decided to introduce his classmate to Harshad.
"Ah! By the way, brother! Do you have an agent now?" Neil asked cunningly.
"Hey! Don't tell me you've got your eyes on your brother!, I really don't have an agent. Let's talk about it after I get back from Portugal."
"Okay! Bye then bro!"
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Because Harshad doesn't speak German, Neil created a separate group and Neil was responsible for translation. Neil's German friend Cartman has always had a good relationship with Neil and taught Harshad almost everything he knew.
Harshad benefited a lot, and the two had a great conversation. Cartman even invited Harshad to Germany.
After dealing with his younger brother Harshad's affairs, Neil also led the team to Portugal. This time, the Indian National Youth Team traveled to Portugal to play two warm-up matches, including one against the strong team Portugal.
Generally speaking, many fans would pay attention to it, but the reality is not like this. Almost no one pays attention to the National Youth Team's overseas training this time.
The reason for this is that the Indian National Team performance in the recent years have been very subpar which resulted in the football fans disinterest in their nations football. Instead most of them switched to watching European football.
The match with the Portuguese national youth team is getting closer and closer. Neil and the coaching staff are constantly training the players. They don't ask to beat Portugal, but at least not to lose too badly.
Because just a few days ago, Neil suddenly thought of the match between the Indian National Youth Team and the Portuguese National Youth Team, and the final result was a disastrous defeat of 1 to 7, which caused heated discussions in the country.
Afterwards, some netizens joked that they didn't expect to score a goal, and thought Portugal would double their score. Although it was a joke, one could tell that they were disappointed with the future of Indian football.
Neil felt even more stressed after thinking about it. Although he now has three potential players in his team, Kevin Gomez, Sumit Adhikari and Rohit Ramesh, they have not grown up yet after all, and their abilities are still too low.
Time has unknowingly come to May 19th. The first warm-up match will be held today. Neil and the Indian National Youth Team will challenge the powerful Portuguese National Youth Team.
From April 18th to now, Neil has trained a total of five times, and the training programs have not changed because they are the trainings that the players need most.
First of all, goalkeeper Rohit's flying save score increased by 3 points to 56 points, his goalkeeper positioning score increased by 4 points to 54 points, and his reaction ability score also increased by 4 points to 53 points. Although he did not train in kicking off, through real training, his reaction ability score actually increased by 1 point to 50 points. His ability score also increased from 51 points to 55 points.
Then there is central defender Sumit Adhikari, whose strength increased to 63 points, ball control increased to 57 points, agility increased to 62 points, dribbling increased to 56 points, interception increased to 54 points, defensive awareness increased to 56 points, steal increased to 57 points, tackle increased to 56 points, and ability score also increased to 57 points.
Finally, there is forward Kevin Gomez, whose speed increased to 74 points, shooting increased to 68 points, volley increased to 59 points, shot power increased to 70 points, header increased to 69 points, ball control increased to 57 points, dribbling increased to 58 points, agility increased to 72 points, and ability score increased to 63 points.
Suddenly, a reminder rang in Neil's mind again after a long time:
"Trigger Mission: Debut
Mission description: Complete the first game after becoming the head coach of Indian National Youth Team
Reward: 100 points, junior scout card"
"Trigger mission: First win
Mission Description: Complete the first victory after becoming the head coach of Indian National Youth Team
Reward: 200 points, Intermediate Scouting Card"
Neil couldn't help but get excited when he saw that there was finally a task. He suddenly remembered what the system manager had said: if you complete the task in excess, there will be extra rewards. If you win on your first show, will the reward be doubled?
But Neil thought about it and decided to give up. Neil didn't think that with the current lineup of the Indian National Youth Team, they could defeat the powerful Indian team.
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