{"id":36923,"date":"2019-06-27T14:17:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=36923"},"modified":"2019-06-27T14:17:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:17:46","slug":"igor-stimac-has-brought-in-a-whole-lot-of-fresh-ideas-soosairaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=36923","title":{"rendered":"Igor Stimac has brought in a whole lot of fresh ideas: Soosairaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36922\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj.jpg\" alt=\"Soosairaj\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 8px;\" width=\"738\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj.jpg 738w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/>By Soumo Ghosh,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AIFF Media Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW DELHI: \u201c<\/strong>Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes,\u201d Ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu had said.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Men\u2019s National Team is currently going through a transition period, with a number of players getting their debuts under new Head Coach Igor Stimac. One such player is Michael Soosairaj, who has impressed one and all over the course of the last two seasons in the Hero I-League, and then the Hero Indian Super League.<\/p>\n<p>A call up to the National Camp was followed by him getting selected for the final 23 for the King\u2019s Cup 2019 in Thailand. In Thailand, Head Coach Igor Stimac went on to give as many as six debuts against a tough Curacao team in the tournament opener &#8212; Michael Soosairaj was one of them.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old rated the moment of coming on as a substitute in the second half as his best moment in his playing career so far.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI remember it. Coach pointed at me and asked me to gear-up,\u201d recalled Soosairaj. \u201cI was nervous. But I kept on telling myself, \u2018Okay, Soosai! Be cool. Do not get nervous.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI did feel the pressure for the first five minutes, but once I got used to the pace of the game, and it was all okay since then,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>This personal favourite moment, though, has come to Soosairaj after hours of toil on the training pitch and at the gym, something that coach Stimac has ensured that all players adhere to.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe new coach has brought in a lot of fresh ideas on how to train the players and prepare them for the style that he wants us to implement on the pitch,\u201d said Soosairaj. \u201cIt\u2019s not just the technical abilities that are tested, but physical attributes like strength and stamina are also given equal importance while assessing players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cWe all need to work hard for that. We were provided individual programmes. There wasn\u2019t any room for any compromise. We have to stay fit, if we are to have a chance of making it to the team. And by saying \u2018staying fit,\u2019 I mean attaining top international fitness standards,\u201d he continued. \u201cIn his style of play, Stimac ensures that the whole team fights together. We defend together, and we attack together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the Intercontinental Cup coming up, Soosairaj is hard at work in Mumbai, where the probables for the Indian Squad are training ahead of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cLast year, I watched it on television from my home. But this time it&#8217;s different. I am really excited to be a part of the camp ahead of the tournament. I shall most certainly give it my all if I&#8217;m picked.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36922\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj.jpg\" alt=\"Soosairaj\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 8px;\" width=\"738\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj.jpg 738w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Soosairaj-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/>By Soumo Ghosh,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AIFF Media Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW DELHI: \u201c<\/strong>Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes,\u201d Ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu had said.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Men\u2019s National Team is currently going through a transition period, with a number of players getting their debuts under new Head Coach Igor Stimac. One such player is Michael Soosairaj, who has impressed one and all over the course of the last two seasons in the Hero I-League, and then the Hero Indian Super League.<\/p>\n<p>A call up to the National Camp was followed by him getting selected for the final 23 for the King\u2019s Cup 2019 in Thailand. In Thailand, Head Coach Igor Stimac went on to give as many as six debuts against a tough Curacao team in the tournament opener &#8212; Michael Soosairaj was one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Igor Stimac has brought in a whole lot of fresh ideas: Soosairaj - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=36923\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Igor Stimac has brought in a whole lot of fresh ideas: Soosairaj - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Soumo Ghosh, AIFF Media Team NEW DELHI: \u201cLife is a series of natural and spontaneous changes,\u201d Ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu had said. 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