: Santosh Trophy: Motivation an issue as Punjab, Services gear up for third-place match #IndiaNEWS #Sports Punjab skipper Rajat Kumar said they will try to correct the mistakes committed by them in

Santosh Trophy: Motivation an issue as Punjab, Services gear up for third-place match #IndiaNEWS #Sports
Punjab skipper Rajat Kumar said they will try to correct the mistakes committed by them in their semifinal defeat to Meghalaya, conceding a late goal in a 2-1 defeat on Wednesday.
We will try to correct the mistakes that we made in the previous game. And we have to try and get a good result. Tomorrows match is the same match for which we had already prepared. This time, I was so confident about our youngsters in this team. We are confident we will do well tomorrow, Rajat said on the eve of their third-place match against Services, who were upset 1-3 by Karnataka in the other semifinal.
Coach Harjinder Singh said Saturdays clash with Services was the match they had prepared for, expecting them to play in the final.
Obviously its slightly sad that weve come so far and we wanted to lift the trophy and we ended up losing the semifinal. It obviously drops a lot of pressure on the boys and obviously, were going to go into the third-place game. We have to fight for 3rd place and we want to end on a winning note, said the coach.
Coach Harjinder Singh said their lack of experience was the reason for their defeat in the semifinal as they are playing in this kind of match for the first time.
Yeah all are fit. Most of the players are playing this level of football for the first time because some are from universities, college players. There are only 5-6 club players. After the defeat they were a little bit sad because this year they already were unbeaten in 10 matches and suffered their first defeat in the semis, said the coach.
They lost and they were a little bit sad, but now I motivate them by telling them that this is a part of life. Every team, and every player in their whole life, will not win every match or not lose every match. So I motivate them. They are now thinking positively and I think, and I hope they will do their best, he added.
Services coach MG Ramachandran too is facing the same problem on how to motivate his players for the third-place match. He said he has told the players that this is now the all-important match as it will ensure that they will at least finish third in the tournament.
Our mindset was really good, but we missed a few things in the last game. So in the semifinals, obviously we didnt play to our potential. So this is our final chance to get third place. So we are going with our full potential and our mindset doesnt change much. We are all motivated for tomorrows match, said the coach from Tamil Nadu, who is posted in Bengaluru.
He said his boys did not play to their potential in the semi final defeat to Karnataka.
According to me, the boys didnt play to their potential as we have shown in the final round back in India.

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