00:00 It's very nice to see that we are in a city that loves football.
00:04 We can feel that in every corner.
00:06 There is a great rivalry with two big clubs in the city.
00:10 And that's great. I think that we can feel that in the media, in the streets.
00:17 When I go to the supermarket, the people there ask me for a pitcher.
00:22 They are happy with the team.
00:24 So that's nice that we all enjoy football in the city.
00:29 Let's try to have a nice year.
00:32 I'm very proud to say that I have been participating in five of these ten seasons.
00:37 For me it's a big honour to be part of the Indian Super League.
00:41 The first season was season four.
00:45 Then I was in season five, and we became champions of the Pembroke Lake and the playoffs.
00:53 Then season six, we did the semi-finals.
00:56 Then season seven, and now season ten.
00:59 I can say honestly that I have been watching the improvement of Indian football during all these years.
01:07 It's a long way, with a lot of effort behind.
01:10 I think that all the coaches that have been coming here have been supporting the players
01:17 to reach the national team and to reach better levels.
01:20 I'm very happy to see that the contribution of all the people around the Super League
01:26 has created a very nice environment to practice good football
01:32 and to bring new players to the world of football.
01:38 No, we are just planning the calendar.
01:42 We are going to take advantage of anything that can be good for us in the calendar.
01:48 But I think that there is also, with Goa and Mombasa, I don't know if it's confirmed,
01:55 because there is the Pusha Festival, so maybe there are also changes in the calendar.
02:00 What I mean is that we go with the plan, and if we have more time to practice,
02:06 we practice tactical things, you have less time to practice,
02:11 then we go for the match plan, so it makes not a big difference.
02:17 As you know, any new project requires a lot of work behind to give the information
02:25 of what you want to do with the team.
02:29 So we have been playing different tactics, different systems.
02:33 They know that they have been watching a lot of videos,
02:37 a lot of feedback of the games that we have been playing.
02:41 Also studying the opponents to make the best match plan that we can make.
02:48 So it means that we are just at the starting of a long, long, long work.
02:55 And until now I am happy because the team has shown that they can be competitive.
03:01 We have been under some difficult circumstances in some moments of the competition
03:08 and the team has shown that spirit about to go for the points
03:12 or to go for the next stage of the competition.
03:17 And I am expecting the same for the Inter Super League.
03:20 I am expecting them to be competitive in any single game.
03:24 We have the calendar, and the calendar is very clear.
03:28 I have been working with the national team of Saudi Arabia and with El Salvador in the past,
03:33 so I know very clearly what the calendar is saying to the clubs.
03:40 Everything is under control.
03:42 It is a way to be organised in the football industry all over the world
03:48 because otherwise it would be chaotic.
03:51 So there is a very clear disposition.
03:55 And of course we are very supportive within the national team
03:58 and we have sent them a list of the players that they can use.
04:02 All of them top professional players and that's it.
04:06 So for me it is very clear that both the clubs and the federation have to cooperate
04:12 to do the best for the country, no question about that.
04:15 We have to improve in a lot of aspects.
04:18 Football is multifactorial.
04:21 There is a lot of things that take you to a good result or not.
04:25 And of course we are just in the starting of a new process.
04:30 We have been only playing six official matches,
04:34 so it means that at the end of the season, after more than 25 matches,
04:39 I think that we are going to see different things.
04:42 But it is a long process and we all have to work for that.
04:45 That's a very good question.
04:48 I mean, of course I am not going to say the position that we are going to finish
04:52 because as you see we have powerful teams in the league.
04:57 All the teams have been reinforcing, all the teams have been getting great players,
05:04 all the teams have been also trying to go for new projects with new coaches.
05:10 And I think it is going to be a very interesting Indian Super League
05:13 because I think that it is the first time that we meet here a lot of coaches
05:20 that have been champions in some competitions in India.
05:23 There are some ones that have been champions in the Super League
05:27 and other ones have been champions of the Premier League Cup, Super Cup, different competitions.
05:32 So it means that they already know how to be competitive in that environment.
05:38 So I think it is very good for the Indian Super League to regroup so many champions and coaches in one competition.
