New Delhi: Punjab FC coach Yan Law is aware of the enormity of the task of playing in an I-League match against Real Kashmir in Srinagar.

But the 26-year-old, the youngest in Indian football currently, is confident of putting up a good show in the freezing conditions at the TRC Ground.

Punjab will take the field on Friday. Before leaving for Srinagar on Tuesday night, Law spine on various aspects of the match.

“We are a good side and ready to play in the tough conditions,” Law told Sports Lounge.

Punjab are third on the points table with nine points from six marches. RKFC are seventh with five points from four games.

RKFC approach the match on the back of a 0-2 defeat against Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan. Punjab were held 0-0 by TRAU FC.

“We have seen RKFC’s last game against Mohun Bagan and have made a strategy according to that. Yes, definitely playing in Srinagar would not be easy, but we have a good team balanced with good mix of youth and experience players including local hero Anwar Ali”, Yan Law said.

Over six months into the job, Law has strengthened the team with several positives and the team have benefited from the scoring instincts of former Bagan striker Aser Dipanda Dicka.

“Its a matter of great pride, as I am representing one of the most famous football clubs of India,” Law said.

The Kolkata-born coach is satisfied with the overall performance of Punjab under his tutelage. Though there are scope for improvements.

“So far we had a great journey and we could have been better at some place, but team’s performance is not bad.”

Law, who represented India at the under-19 level between 2008-10, is content at working with the young players in the team.

Minerva Punjab have been the foremost club in youth football in the country. And Law said the club has an appreciable football structure, which begins with their sprawling football academy.

“The academy takes players at the age of 9 and 10, so football becomes a habit for them.”

Established in 1955, the residential academy is spread over 14 acres including football fields, a physiotherapy centre, a gym, swimming pool, classrooms and hostels.

The club’s youth policy came into the limelight during the U-17 World Cup in India in 2017, when the Indian team had several Punjab FC players in the team.

RKFC vs Punjab FC match will be played in Srinagar at 11.30 am on 10 January.

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