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Coach Tom Coughlin and his New York Giants arrived in Arizona right where they want to be - on the road with the Super Bowl on the line against the New England Patriots.
While the Patriots are looking to cap off an unprecedented 19-0 campaign with a Super Bowl victory on Monday, the Giants are aiming to extend their National Football League record of 10 successive road wins in the title game in Glendale.
"We have played very well on the road and I really believe the team concept is the reason that we have played well on the road," Coughlin said.
"We have bonded well together, we have supported one another. We do have some toughness, some mental toughness as well as physical toughness. That has stood by us well.
"There is very good focus, very good concentration, a great feeling of supporting one another, a great feeling of not letting the other guys down."
New York face a daunting task against an experienced New England team who have won three Super Bowls in the last six years.
The Giants have three players with Super Bowl experience while 20 members of the Patriots have been in the NFL championship.
Coughlin brought his team, several of whom have been suffering with flu since their frigid victory in Green Bay, to Arizona a day later than the Patriots so he could put his players through a typical work schedule at home before encountering the hoopla surrounding Super Bowl week.
- REUTERS
