Neil has a month's rest. The World Cup is in full swing, but Neil has no way to enjoy it all because he has to lead the team to Delhi for training.
Five warm-up matches will be held during this period. Logically speaking, because they are warm-up matches, the club can refuse to call up, but because of the end of the ISL season and I League season, there were no matches at this point of time, so the clubs agreed to the call-up.
The Indian Association announced the 23-man roster for the India National Youth Team's training camp in Delhi:
Goalkeepers: Vishal Keith (AIFF Elite), Rohit Ramesh (East Bengal).
Defenders: Thokchom Malemngamba Singh (Chennaiyan FC), Brahmacharimayum Sumit Sharma (Classic FA), Sumit Adhikari (Bengaluru FC), Subhashish Bose (Churchill Brothers), Takhellambam Bungson Singh (Classic FA), Thangjam Roshan Singh (Classic FA), Mohammed Kaif (Diamond Harbour),
Midfielders: Gurnaj Singh Grewal (East Bengal), Danny Meitei (NorthEast UTD), MD Arbash (Classic FA), Ninghthoukhongjam Rishi Singh (Classic FA), Ahongshangbam Samson (Classic FA), Yohaan Benjamin (Shillong Lajong), Anirudh Thapa (Chennaiyin FC), Rohan Singh (Alchemy Inter), Singamayum Sharma (Punjab), Ishaan Shishodia (Mumbai City), Mahmad Sami (Sudeva Delhi).
Forwards: Kevin Gomez (FC GOA), Omang Dadum (Punjab), Suraj Chhetri (Mumbai City)
This time Neil called up forward Suraj Chhetri. Although Chhetri's current ability is still very low, Chhetri has good speed. If Chhetri is needed, he can come on as a substitute as a surprise weapon.
Since the last Evolution Cup, Neil has trained four times, and in order to make the players grow quickly, Neil used triple training efficiency cards all four times, which is equivalent to 12 training times.
Neil did not change the training program during these four training sessions, only Thapa's training was changed.
First of all, goalkeeper Rohit Ramesh's flying save increased to 65 points, goalkeeper positioning also increased to 65 points, reaction ability increased to 63 points, and Ding Zheng's ability finally increased to 61 points.
Then there is the central defender Sumit Adhikari, whose interception increased to 65 points, defensive awareness increased to 66 points, steals increased to 67 points, and tackles increased to 64 points. In addition, His speed automatically increased by one point to 56 points, and His ability increased to 60 points.
Next is midfielder Anirudh Thapa. Thapa's training program has been changed to "race against time", which can train ball control, dribbling, agility and speed.
First, ball control increased to 70 points, dribbling increased to 74 points, agility increased to 81 points, and finally speed increased to 79 points. The ability did not increase much, only to 64 points.
Finally, it is forward Kevin Gomez. His ball control increased to 68 points, dribbling increased to 69 points, agility increased to 77 points, speed increased to 78 points, volley increased to 71 points, shot increased to 76 points, header increased to 75 points, shot increased to 74 points. Gomez's ability increased to 68 points.
Gomez's current ability is already at the level of a main player among domestic players.
The World Cup has now entered its second half, but Neil and Harshad have already made a fortune. Harshad was very excited to see the amount of money he earned. The agency is already short of money, and this money just solved the urgent need, and Spain contributed a lot to it.
The first warm-up match was held on July 4th. Neil led the India National Youth Team to challenge the I League team Sudeva Delhi. It rained heavily that day and the game was very difficult.
Due to Gomez's strength, Sudeva Delhi can't defend him at all. In this game, Gomez scored twice.
In the end, the India National Youth Team defeated Sudeva Delhi 2-1 and won the first warm-up match.
The second warm-up match was held on July 6th. The opponent was Gokullam Kerala of I League. In this match, Gokullam Kerala fielded all its main players except for foreign players.
After all, it is a I League upper team, and its strength is indeed much stronger than Sudeva Delhi. This game was very difficult. Moreover, because Neil made a rotation in this game, Gomez came on as a substitute in this game.
Without Gomez on the front line, the national youth team's offense did decline. Fortunately, Thapa came on the court. In this game, Chhetri came on as a substitute and scored a goal.
In the end, the India National Youth Team lost 2-3 to Gokullam Kerala.
The third warm-up match was held on July 8th. The opponent was NorthEast UTD. They are a team from ISL.
Neil overestimated his team and in the end the game ended in a 0-0 draw.
The fourth warm-up match was on July 10. The opponent in this match was the North Korean National Youth Team. The Indian National Youth Team, played with all its main players in this match.
In the end, the Indian National Youth Team defeated the North Korean National Youth Team 2 to 1. Neil looked at the North Korean National Youth Team and really doubted whether they had changed their age. They looked very strong.
Finally, the last warm-up match was held on July 12. The opponent was Santiago U20 of Brazil. Because the previous game was very difficult and the climate in Delhi was very hot, many main players were very tired in this game.
In the end, the Indian National Youth Team lost 1-3 to Santiago U20.
At this point, all five warm-up matches have been completed, and the Indian National Youth Team finally had 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. After all, these are warm-up matches, and compared to the Evolution Cup, they are not so eager to win. Neil hopes to run to the team and examine the possibilities of various combinations.
The players have returned to their respective clubs. Neil is relatively satisfied with the training camp in Delhi. The team is full of fighting spirit and is looking forward to this year's AFC U-20 Asian Cup.
However, in the World Cup far away in Brazil, history did not change. In the end, the German team won the World Cup championship and Harshad and Neil made a lot of money.
After Harshad came back, the agency began to expand, and Neil introduced several new players to Harshad.
The World Cup is over and now the ISL starts a new season. On July 15, the Durand Cup will be held, with Chennaiyin FC away challenging Mohammedan of the I League.
In this game, Thapa was successfully selected into the roster. There is still a big gap in strength between the ISL teams and the I Leage teams.
The game had just started. Salman Khan helped Chennaiyin FC score a goal in the 2nd minute, and then foreign aid Stephen McCurry widened the score to 2 goals in the 30th minute.
After entering the second half, Akshay Kumar scored another goal in the 69th minute, and Aamir Khan also scored a goal in the 75th minute.
The game had already lost its suspense, so in the 81st minute, Thapa came on as a substitute. Thapa made his debut for Chennaiyin FC. After seeing Thapa come on the court, the Chennai fans who came to the scene applauded.
Thapa did not disappoint them. He scored the last goal in the 88th minute before the end of the game. In the end, Chennaiyin FC defeated Mohammedan 5-0.
After the game, the head coach praised Thapa highly. Although this was not a ISL game, Thapa was very excited to make his debut for Chennaiyin FC so soon.