The Goan has spelled out the unfamiliar challenges of leading Services in the Santosh Trophy
The Santosh trophy might not carry the prestige it had a decade or so ago. But winning the same with Services poses a unique set of challenges, as the team's head coach Parshuram Salwadi would explain after his side defeated Punjab 1-0 to lift the 2018-19 Santosh Trophy.
"The Services team comprises of players from the Army, Navy and Air Force. The Army, Navy and Air Force teams all practice on a regular basis and they all play in their local tournaments or state leagues wherever they are based.