It’s TTV from India. We are happy to bring you latest news about our national team, which was just won third game in the India Cup tournament. In not a small part this is the merit of our fans, who occupy a good third of the stands in a monolithic mass, not counting the groups scattered here and there. “I felt almost at home turf. Familiar slogans, familiar faces - because I know many of them personally. Only the climate is not quite usual - it is hot, as in the matches in the south-east of our country, and too humid, on my taste” - Morten Troll answered our question, who this time came out in the lineup from the first minute, but played only at the first half.
The team started the game cautiously – again – because only little more was known about this opponent than previous ones. A closed country with a peculiar system of values, Rajpore carefully kept his secrets, although it was possible to draw conclusions on the team's victory against already-familiar-to-us Ignasian and game that thay lost to Kejri. Opponents didn’t sit out in defense, but their attack didn’t have put together something special that were required to fight our defenders, who played very attentively and diligently this time. Their actions delighted football fans, but we'll see how long our players will last.
This time our guys started to put pressure on the opponents' from about the 10th minute, and Troll showed his skills several times, giving excellent passes. One of them led to the scoring a goal. In this episode, Loonstrup acted decisively beyond his age. He received the ball at far from the most dangerous point for the goal, far to the left of them, but in an area where there were few other players besides him. He cleverly bypassed the defender on the flank and took advantage of the second he won as it should: made an accurate high cross straight into the penalty area, where Berglund, who came just at tune, struck ball with his head. The goalkeeper's heroically throwing himself as only can on the way of the ball, but this didn't change anything - 1:0.
Scored goal seemed to give the team strength and determination, and after it all the players of the attack line and some of the enterprising defenders could have distinguished themselves at scoring. But the opponents' goalkeeper played brilliantly, the bars and the crossbar helped him, once the defender knocked the ball out of the empty goal after Jivoglot’s shot. As a result, the score has not changed, and our team celebrate modest but much needed victory. And for the first time in history, our players have kept their gates intact three times in a row. All fans are undoubtedly happy about this, but, of course, the question is whether the team will not break when this series ends.
