"We Want Gold"says Sanjeev Nagvekar

Sanjeev Nagvekar,manager of Goa-India football team,who compete in the Lusofonia Games 2014 to be held in Goa,expressed the high chance of team India winning the Gold Medal as there is no Brazil or Portugal team in the Games.

In an Interview with local newspaper 'Navhind Times',he admitted that in the absence of big teams like Brazil and Portugal there is a realistic chance of winning the gold medal as he finds that team 'India' is equally good as all other team,who competing in the game.

He said that the team is practicing very hard since last 2 months in Tilak maidan and they have a an advantage of Tilak maidan turf as most of their matches going to be held in the same venue.

Nagvekar expressed his satisfaction over the world class facilities made available at the Renovated Tilak maidan and also praised the high quality of natural turf at the playing arena

However he expressed displeasure over the Nivia  ball that will be introduced during the Games.He feels as they have been practicing with a different make ball,playing with a different ball during the Games might make them little uncomfortable

The star attraction in the team without doubt is ASD Capetown lad Brandon Fernandes.Goans will have a great chance to watch their star player on the ground.He wants to prove him self and get noticed by National team coach Wim Kovermans.So this is a great chance for him to do so as this is first time that he is playing in India after a long stint with ASD Capetown and various trials at European clubs.As televised matches we also have a chance to watch the talent and to see what made him so special in the country as well as in ASD Capetown

GOA-INDIA SQUAD

Goalkeepers

Albino Pereira (Salgaocar FC), Ricardo Cardozo (Bengaluru FC)

Defenders

Caitano Viegas (Sesa Football Academy), Leston Afonso (Sesa Football Academy), Meldon D’Silva (Wilred Leisure SC), Ponif Vaz (Sesa Football Academy), George D’Souza (Sesa Football Academy), Surjit Singh (Salgaocar FC)

Midfielders

Richard Costa (Churchill Brothers SC), Paresh Korgaonkar (Sesa Football Academy), Dom Sahil Tavora (Dempo SC), Aniston Fernandes (Dempo SC), Alesh Sawant (Churchill Brothers SC), Brandon Fernandes (ASD – Cape Town, South Africa), Nickson Castanha (Dempo SC)

Forwards

Myron Fernandes (Dempo SC), Mandar Rao Dessai (Dempo SC), Brian Mascarenhas (Salgaocar FC), Umesh Harijan (Sesa Football Academy), Alber Gonsalves (Goa Velha SC)