While names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar are on everyone’s lips when it comes to speaking about the ongoing World Cup, for a coach, it’s the results that matter. And former India coach Armando Colaco, is ecstatic to see some of the smaller teams excelling at the quadrennial showpiece event.

‘Football is a team game’

Former India coach, Colaco, 69, who is here to watch the World Cup, insists it is no fluke that teams like Saudi Arabia have stunned heavyweights like Argentina (2-1) and last night Cameroon upset the mighty Brazil (0-1). “Football is a team game. Sure, there are individual stars, but results are mostly decided on how a team performs as a unit. And these smaller teams, if I can call them that, have performed brilliantly in their collective capacity,” Armando, the I-League’s most successful coach, having won the title five times with Goa side Dempo Sports Club between 2005 and 2012, told mid-day over lunch at a restaurant here.