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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > Olympic Games 2004 > Olympics: Hockey player blames coach for poor performance 16.48 IST 23rd Aug 2004 By IndiaExpress Bureau Key forward Prabhjot Singh today accused chief coach Gerhard Rach of deliberately trying to put him under pressure and forcing the team to play defensive hockey, which was not its forte. Prabhjot, who has been off colour in the Olympics, also expressed his displeasure over being used in the matches off and on for short durations. "I am played for five minutes and made to sit on the bench for 15 minutes. Overall in all the four matches that we have played so far, I must have played for 25 minutes or so," he said ahead of India's last league match against Argentina in Athens. "He is making us play defensive hockey which is not our style. Our main strength is skill and short passes but he is making us play long passes. He is trying to change our entire style of play," the Punjab player said. He alleged that the coach was biased against him and had been harassing him since the pre-Olympic camp in Germany. "He does not like me at all. He is always trying to find faults with me. He started putting me under pressure from the camp in Germany. Even in practice matches, he would just try to run me down even when I was right." The German Rach had taken over the reins of the Indian team a month before the Olympics but the players appear to have taken a dislike to his style of coaching with veteran striker Dhanraj Pillay and captain Dilip Tirkey also criticising his methods in their newspaper columns. India, already out of medal contention in the Olympics having lost three of their four group league matches, are now fighting for minor placings. in-depth coverage > Olympic Games 2004 > |
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