It’s very tiring to play matches on consecutive days, but there is no alternative: Fulton

Chennai. Indian men’s hockey team head coach Craig Fulton said his team is gearing up for the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) match against Pakistan on Wednesday but added that playing back-to-back matches is tiring which affects the goalscoring. falling on the capacity of Pakistan coach Mohammad Saqlain said after his team’s 2-1 win against China that his team was aware of India’s weaknesses. When Fulton was asked about this, he replied simply, “We’ll see on Wednesday night.”

India haven’t performed as expected on consecutive days but Fulton said it happens to every team. “It is a handicap for every team participating in the competition because if you look at the score of the team playing every next day, most of the matches end in draws,” he said after India’s 3-2 win against defending champions South Korea. are ending. Matches played on Monday are a slight exception in this case but playing matches on consecutive days is difficult and tiring.

Fulton said, “Do you think we win 5-0 every game?” If that was the case, we would still have the gold medal. In matches on consecutive days, the dice turn fast and you have to adjust to it. “He said,” Even in tournaments like World Cup and Olympics, you cannot get a day’s rest between two matches. In Olympics we have to play nine matches within 13 days. You just have to move forward with it. There is no alternative to this.

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