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  [caption id="attachment_18785" align="alignnone" width="580"] Durbar players during training today in Hjorring. Xtra Time[/caption] Hjorring, Denmark: Durbar Sports Academy footballers will open their campaign in the Dana Cup against Elverum FB of Norway in the Hjorring at the No.28 ground tomorrow from 7:30 a.m local time (11 a.m IST). Durbar footballers trained on the astro turf yesterday where the matches will be played. They began with physical training session under coach Biswajit Majumdar. They did some set piece training and situation training before the players were divided into teams and played a practice match. Team A defeated Team B by a margin of 5-0 yesterday. Today the players also had a slight warm-up session before they were pushed into dead ball and situation practice. Then they were into two teams of 5 each and played a practice match among themselves. Coach Biswajit Majumdar said, "We will first observe the opponent as we regulation time will be of 25 mins and then we will move into our strategy. We will play in counter attacks." Captain Supriyo Ghosh said, " We are only worried about the match ball as we practiced with a different ball. So as soon as we get accustomed with the ball we will get into the match. Team spirit is high on the cards." Meanwhile, the players went for a march past today and the most important part is among the two teams from India, Durbar got selected for the march past. The players attended a grand opening ceremony as organised by the tournament organisers. Teams from almost all round the countries came and gathered together in one place. The players with the other teams and exchanged their views and thoughts.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di7br2Q_WEI