"It was an incredible victory. Obviously, we had tostraighten a few things at the half time and it was an incredible fight by theboys," a visibly happy Koevermans told the reporters at the post matchconference on Sunday.
The coach also revealed how his players floundered whilepracticing penalties ahead of the title clash but converted all when itmattered most.
"Yesterday, when we were practising penalties, the boystook eight penalties and believe it or not we missed all of them. I told theboys that this is certainly not going to happen. And then they come back in thematch and score five out of five.
"I couldn't believe it. I have had a few highs in mycoaching career but this one will certainly be one of the specialmoments," was the Dutchman’s frank confession.
Skipper Sunil Chhetri was even more forthright as he termedthis third Nehru Cup victory as the "best among the three finals."
"Certainly this one stands out as we beat a side likeCameroon. If someone would have told us at the start of the tournament that wecould beat Cameroon, I wouldn't have believed it. But we played as a unit. I amextremely proud of the boys," the Sporting Lisbon Reserves striker said.
"Today, when we got into the team bus, I told the boysthat no matter what happens, I am proud of you guys. Even during the match whenwe were 1-2 down, I told them that you guys have made me proud. We kept pullingin for each other," he said.
