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[caption id="attachment_40752" align="aligncenter" width="580"] National Team coach Stephen Constantine came to meet the Indian coaches at the Netaji Indoor Stadium on Monday | Image: XtraTime[/caption] Kolkata: In a seminar organized by the Sports Ministry of the Government of West Bengal, National team Head Coach Stephen Constantine requests all the coaches to follow his philosophy in terms of scouting young footballers for their respective teams, they are associated with. At the Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata, out of expected thirty professional football coaches, twenty nine were present to hear from the British coach. Apart from Constantine, The AIFF Technical Director Savio Medeira, The AIFF Vice-President Mr Subrata Dutta and Indian Football Team's Sports Scientist Danny Deigan were also present. Big names like Dronacharya Syed Nayeemuddin, Debjit Ghosh, Ranjan Chowdhury, Prashanta Chakraborty, Goutam Sarkar, Anjan Nath were present to take the guidance of the national team coach.Today, in the theory class, Constantine interacted with the Indian coaches in a detailed way. The AIFF Vice-President Mr. Subrata Dutta too seemed happy to see such an initiative. He said, "I want to thank The Govt of West Bengal for organizing such a fine seminar. I believe, for the sake of developing Indian football, there should be a single philosophy. And that is what the national team coach told everyone today." Constantine will be at the Mohun Bagan ground tomorrow to take the practical class of his scouting philosophy.