Indian Football Team Physio and Doctor: Behind the Scenes at the Asian Cup

2024-01-17 10:16:00

I have heard a saying in Malayalam that there is no medicine if you bite a manjachera. But its guts have yet to catch on. Those who know, tell me. But, the Indian football team has medicine in Malayalam!

Indian coach Igor Stimac meets the media after the first match of the Qatar Asian Cup Football. The coach of the Indian team, which lost by only two goals to Australia, which is strong enough to beat anyone in world football, said two things.

Indian football team played in Asia Cup match against Australia

That the Australian took up the challenge without four key players who could be dropped in the current Indian team. Another is that they got only 13 days to prepare the team for the Asian Cup. Both are correct.

Indian coach Igor Stimac

After more than half of the Indian Super League, most of the players reached the national camp with tired legs, arms and mind. Two Malayalees undertook the task of preparing all of them for competition. One is Team Physio Gigi George and the other is Team Doctor Sherwin Sharif.

GG George and Dr. Sherwin Sheriff

Along with the work done by the players and the coach, both of them have done a lot to prepare the Indian team. If our team fought against Australia, who are mentally and physically ahead, their role is very big. The benefit of the ‘treatment’ prepared by them, seeing each player differently, will be seen tomorrow against Uzbekistan.

I first met GG sir, who skipper Sunil Sunil Chhetri described as the Indian team’s secret weapon, as the Kerala team’s physio during the 2006 Gurgaon Santosh Trophy. Even before that he is with the Kerala team.

GG, who was a part of the Kerala team for a long time, has been with the Indian team since 2011. No one would say that GG, who works at Thrissur Elite Hospital, is a master at what he does. This is Mooper’s second Asia Cup with the Indian team.

GG George and Dr. Sherwin Sharif with Indian captain Sunil Chhetri

Dr. Sherwin Sharif is a native of Chavakkad. Sherwin, who has been with the Indian team since 2017, is in government service in Kozhikode district.

When I got the chance to talk, the first thing I thought was to ask Sherwin. Will Sandesh Jinkan, who was injured in the first match against Uzbekistan, play in the next match? The class answers ‘not me’ to decide the team. He indicated that Jinkan does not have the injury to miss tomorrow’s match.

Sandesh Jhinkan in the match against Australia

He then asked what things the Indian players were ‘lacking’ from the world’s leading football teams. The answer is in physics. Then the subject was explained. It’s not just about height and girth, it’s about different levels of aerobic fitness and muscle power that can’t be measured visually.

But he also mentioned that all the shortcomings of the above can be overcome with skill. He also gave examples of different world football countries. He said that we can talk about such issues in detail later.

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