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PANJIM: The AFC Goalkeeping Level 1 Course was inaugurated by GFA President Churchill Alemao, at Fatorda, on Monday.
Churchill appealed to the 22 participants including three from Goa, five from Karnataka, four from West Bengal, three from Kerala, five from Maharashtra and one each from HP and Pondicherry attending the six-day in-house course organized by the AIFF in collaboration with GFA, to take maximum benefit of the training to upscale the skills and techniques needed so that India can have goalkeepers of high caliber, comparable to the best of Asia and eventually the world in future.
“Goalkeeping is the most specialised position in football. The primary role is to prevent the opposing team from scoring and they enjoy a special status in the penalty area,” Churchill remarked.
Churchill pointed out that the trainees were indeed lucky to be coached by an expert from Malaysia, Yong Wai Hwang who is the AFC Course Instructor.
The well experienced coach who has a vast experience in this field and is a Goalkeeping Level 3 Instructor which is the highest level certificate by the AFC.
He is being assisted by Gumpe Rime and Dinesh Nair from AIFF.
The course is being coordinated by Genevieve Colaco.
The organizational management is being done by the GFA with Lourenco Pereira being the local coordinator.
