Gurpreet was unlucky for the first goal against Australia: India keepers’ coach
Hindustan TimesIndia goalkeepers’ coach Tomislav Rogic absolved Gurpreet Singh Sandhu of any blame for Australia’s first goal and backed the India No.1 to do well against Uzbekistan on Thursday. India's Gurpreet Singh Sandhumedi after sustaining an injury In an interview to HT on Tuesday, Rogic, speaking through India head coach Igor Stimac who translated from Croatian to English, also said that while playing with feet can be learnt, it is important to focus on a goalkeeper’s primary skill. Rogic -- he has worked with former Romania coach Mircea Lucescu and at Club Brugge, Shakhtar Donetsk and Zenit St Petersburg -- is assisting regular goalkeepers’ coach Frano Srdarev for the Asian Cup in Qatar. “But all of them want to play attacking football.” Lucescu, who gave Gheorghe Hagi, the former Romania captain and possibly their greatest player, his debut and has managed in over 100 Champions League games, never sought the players’ opinion.