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Zico to remain FC Goa coach for next two years
Rio de Janeiro: Former Brazil great Zico has revealed he has received an offer to remain coach of Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Goa next year.
FC Goa were last week eliminated in the semi-final by eventual champions Atletico de Kolkata.
“I spoke with the club and they want me to stay on for the next two years,” Zico was quoted as saying by Xinhua sunday.
“I think it was a good start. Indian football needs to make the most of it because it could be very important to the country. There are big names of world football involved here from different cultures and that can’t go to waste.”
Zico joined the Goan side in September after ending a brief spell as coach of Qatar’s Al-Gharafa.
“I have tried to do my best for the Indian players even though we haven’t had many in the team. I hope that in the coming years there are more local players so that the sport develops here.”
He said he was confident the Indian club can build on its success next season.
“We have planted a seed. It was very beautiful to see all the fans in the stadium and it’s a shame I couldn’t give them the present they wanted,” Zico said.
“But I think they realised all the effort we put into the competition to get to the semi-final.”
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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