Even as the country’s hockey afficionados are expecting nothing less than a medal from the Olympic-bound Indian team that left for a series of foreign tours before the all-important London Games on Sunday, coach Michael Nobbs is not even thinking that ‘far ahead.’

Skipper and goalkeeper Bharat Chetri’s Team India head to Europe, where they will play two Tests in France before moving to Spain, where they will play two Tests each against the host nation and South Africa in Santander, followed by a three-nation event that includes Spain and Great Britain.