In the ongoing Santosh Trophy Nationals holders and many time finalists Team Goa had to face some torrid time against Haryana and the Punjab. These sturdy boys from the north play a different brand of football. That approach of kick and run is something like the old army style or a bit like the modern day English Premier League style of fast football with accent on areal attacks. Such methods can upset the very best organized teams during the course of a ninety minutes duel.
The boys from the northern Indian states are physically tough. Their intake of Rottis, Parathas, Nans, large quantities of vegetable, fruit and milk coupled with the challenging climate of northern India makes them sturdy and robust in constitution.
In Goa after the liberation from colonial rule, food habits have changed a lot. But the accent in many a Goan home is still on aromatic and mouth watering Amot Tik, Xacuti, Xek Xek, Kaldin, recheado, sanna and mountains of rice in our plates.
Goans play artistic and very imaginative one touch football like their rivals from West Bengal. But to improve stamina and endurance some adjustments have to be made in food for a different type of fire in the belly.
