Laxmikant Kattimani reveals what differentiates Hyderabad FC from other ISL teams

Goalkeeper Laxmikant Kattimani has become one of key members of Hyderab FC, which currently finds itself atop ISL League table with eight wins, five draws and three losses in 16 games. shot-stopper has featured in each 16 of m, making 36 saves and completing three clean sheets. 

In an exclusive conversation with Republic TV, Laxmikant Kattimani spoke about his journey,  growth of Indian football and chances of Indian football team playing in a FIFA World Cup. 

Speaking about his tenure at Hyderab FC so far and how different it has been compared to his stay with or ISL clubs, (FC Goa and Mumbai City FC) he said that Hyderab FC has a family-like feeling. "What differentiates this team from ors I've been at is togerness and family-like feel among group. foreign players and Indian players; technical and non-technical staff all work hard toger as one unit and this reflects on pitch," he said. 

He furr went on to speak about how his typical day goes by in training ground and said that training sessions are an opportunity for one to improve mselves "I believe that every training session is an opportunity to learn and try to learn and improve myself every day."

Speaking on ongoing season and his personal performance, Laxmikant Kattimani opened up about his best save of season so far and said, " save against Kerala blasters of Jorge Pereyra Díaz". In said incident, Kattimani pulled a great save to deny a diving heer from Jorge Pereyra Diaz 

He furr went on to talk about developmental players and told if a coach’s desires for results at youth level can have negative long-term consequences on goalkeeper development. He said, "I think that now at grassroots level, every coach wants to win matches which helps players to have strong and winning mentality at a young age. This is very important for development of all young players and keepers."

He furr dressed what young keepers who want to make it big need to do and said that goalkeepers need to get good at playing from back "My vice for young keepers will be to learn basic goalkeeping skills, work hard in every training session, be mentally strong and work hard to get good at playing out from back. As a keeper, all of this is very important now."

Indian Football not far from featuring in FIFA World Cup: Laxmikant Kattimani

Speaking about growth of Indian football, which over years, has witnessed many top foreign coaches and a few players having played in league, Kattimani spoke about India's chances of featuring in World Cup "We all know that ISL has helped all Indian players to improve individually and we can see that when our Indian national team plays. I believe that we are not far from playing in a World Cup as development of players has improved in last few years". he concluded.

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