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The distance between Paris and Pune might well be over 7000 kms by a conservative estimate, but Portugals maiden Euro triumph on Sunday night has inspired Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Pune City, and specifically, the central defender and former India international Gouramangi Singh.?I think we will take the philosophy of the Portugal coach (Fernando Santos) forward, Gouramangi told ESPN. He said they kept telling him his team was playing ugly and didnt deserve to win. We played bad last year. If we can somehow keep it together, take it one game at a time, and win ISL 3, then even we dont mind.Gouramangi is not the only Pune City player looking to make amends for 2015, when the team led the points table around the halfway stage, but then saw their form dip dramatically, and wound up missing the playoffs.Midfielder and reigning Indian player of the year Eugeneson Lyngdoh believes Pune will benefit from the expertise of their new coach Antonio Lopez Habas, who had guided Atletico de Kolkata to the title in 2014 and the semi-finals last year.I think Habas will employ a good mixture of defence and attack, as he showed in the first two seasons in the ISL, Lyngdoh said, adding that Portugals victory at the Euros -- similar to Leicester Citys maiden Premier League win and Chiles successive Copa America wins -- cannot be dismissed as underdog stories alone.All these teams were composed and did exactly what they were supposed to do. They were tactically sound and whatever they did on the training grounds came good in the matches. With the players that we have, we too can execute our plans. We just want to stay focused and not wander away half-way like we did last season.That dip in form left even opposition players confused, including former Delhi Dynamos defender Zodingliana Ralte, or Adinga as he is called. Adinga will be plying his trade in Pune this season, and is eager to perform well to inspire more footballers from his native state Mizoram.Adinga, who started his career at central midfield, was employed as a left-back and came in for high praise from marquee player-manager Roberto Carlos as well as John Arne Riise. Incidentally, Adinga is a Manchester United fan and was rooting for Portugal last night. He was delighted they won because they worked hard and fully deserved it.A first timer in this ISL will be goalkeeper Vishal Kaith, who made his Indian football debut with Shillong Lajong FC in the Federation Cup of 2014-15 while still only 18, having come through the ranks of state, national and international competitions at the age-group levels.Kaith, who admires compatriot Amrinder Singh and Edel Apoula Bete, the only goalkeeper with two ISL trophies against his name, never believed even a year ago that he would get a chance to rub shoulders with the legends of the game in the ISL. However, the young mans philosophy seems to be something that Portugals experienced coach would approve of.Simple game khelna hai. Basics pe hi stick karna hai. Aur iss season kuch karke dikhana hai. Bas. (I have to play a simple game, sticking to the basics. I just want to do well this season. Thats it). Nike Shox Cheap Nz Wholesale . 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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Every time Kansas seemed to have any momentum against Memphis, they gave the ball away.Six times, as a matter of fact.And the Tigers didnt hesitate to seize the opportunities.Memphis dominated the game defensively, grabbed an early lead and coasted to a 43-7 win over Kansas on Saturday, sending the Jayhawks to their 39th consecutive road loss.Ive never been in a game where we even came close to having that many turnovers, Kansas coach David Beaty said. Man, thats a bunch, and it continued to happen throughout the day.Riley Ferguson threw for 189 yards and two touchdowns and Jake Elliott kicked a trio of field goals -- including a 50-yarder -- as Memphis built an early lead and coasted to victory.Ferguson completed 15 of 24 passes for Memphis (2-0), the bulk of his passing yards coming on an 84-yard completion to Anthony Miller for the games first score. In addition to his 50-yarder, Elliott converted kicks of 41 and 42 yards. Memphis showed no ill-effects of a bye week after winning its opener 35-17 over Southeast Missouri State.We talked a lot about starting fast, and were really pleased with our guys preparation, Memphis coach Mike Norvell said. I thought we started fast. Defense did an incredible job. They were completely dominant.The Jayhawks, (1-2) struggled offensively throughout, although they managed 314 yards of total offense. Any momentum, though, was thwarted by the Jayhawks four fumbles and two interceptions in the game.A key swing came when Memphis reached the Kansas 13 in the closing minutes of the half. A sack and a tackle for loss, plus a couple of penalties put Memphis near midfield.Then Memphis muffed the punt attempt, giving Kansas the ball at the Tiger 38 trailing 26-7.On the first Kansas play, Memphis defensive tackle Jonathan Wilson intercepted the ball and returned it 61 yards for a touchdown and Memphis carried a 33-7 lead at the break.It shocked me big time, the soft-spoken Wilson said of the play, adding he didnt see any Jayhawks in front of him after he picked off the pass from Kansas quarterback Montell Cozart. I was thinking: `Dont let me get caught.ddddddddddddhe Jayhawks never came close to Wilson and never came close to threatening the Tigers in the second half after Memphis added Elliotts 50-yard field goal and a fourth-quarter 8-yard scoring run by Tony Pollard.Kansas only touchdown came on a third-and-1 play when Khalil Herbert broke the first wave of Memphis defenders bunched at the line of scrimmage and went 66 yards for a second-quarter touchdown.That was good to see for our line, our guys up front, continuing to work and continuing to push, Beaty said. It was a short-yardage situation. Hes a fast kid, and it was good to see him get out.TAKEAWAYS:KANSAS: The Jayhawks again struggled to open the game. Kansas, which let Ohio build a 22-0 start last week early in the second quarter, trailed Memphis 19-0.MEMPHIS: With the victory, first-year Memphis coach Mike Norvell became the first Tiger coach in history to start his inaugural campaign 2-0. Only two other Memphis coaches won the opener in their first season, and both -- Rey Dempsey in 1984 and Lester Barnard in 1922 -- dropped the second game.ROAD UNKIND: No current Jayhawk has won a game away from Lawrence. The last road win was 34-7 at Texas-El Paso on Sept. 12, 2009.IF YOU CANT JOIN `EM, BEAT `EM: The Tigers played a Big 12 Conference School for the first time since Memphis was eliminated two weeks ago from consideration as a possible expansion target for the conference.FINAL WORD: I still think that we actually have a pretty good football team, if we can just get out of our own way. .Weve just got a lot of things that were having to learn right now that we should already know. -- Kansas coach David BeatyUP NEXT:KANSAS: The Jayhawks have a bye next week before returning to the road to face Texas Tech on Sept. 29. 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