India head coach Craig Fulton don take full responsibility for di team poor performance inside di 5-3 loss to Argentina wey don end dia World Cup run for Monday.
According to Fulton, mistakes for di opening five minutes na wetin Argentina use punish dem, as India bin dey chase game from early. More errors for second half finish any hope of comeback.
India go now play Belgium for seventh place. Fulton tell Sportstar say: “Di outcome bin bigger dan di performance. So e get better of us. If we don just go back to our normal approach, wey I bin dey hope, e for don different. I take full responsibility for dat.”
He talk say: “E no be how we wan start again, unfortunately. Argentina go punish mistakes, and dem do so. But e nice to see for last 10-12 minutes say we come back and for don score three goals for di five-six minutes but e too late.”
Yashdeep Siwach na im dey culpable for two errors for back, wey lead to Nicolas Della Torre scoring from penalty corner before Tomas Domene slot inside penalty stroke.
When dem ask if di young defender no fit cope with demands of big stage, di South African coach talk say na off day for di whole team. “I think everybody no get good day today. No be one player. E happen and e happen to us for dis game. We for don wan better performance, considering di consequences.”
Fulton also mention say: “I think we put ourselves for dis situation for di England game. If we don hold out and try to get result for dat game, e for don change everything further down. But we try and e no be so.”
Defender Jugraj Singh, wey get ordinary World Cup, no feature for second round again. Fulton hint say na rotation policy. “No, rotation. So just rotation. Kanta today, Vivek yesterday. So we dey use these games for Asian Games as well.”
For di 21 games dis year, India don lose 10, with 45 goals wey dem concede. When dem ask if he confident say e go turn things around, Fulton remain optimistic: “Yes, dat na di plan. We still dey play for our ranking. We get one more game. So I dey look forward to am.”
