East Bengal did not enjoy a great outing at its home against Chennai City FC a couple of months ago. The team went down fighting 2-1 but since then has come a long way to disturb the calculations of the others in fray. It may well look forward to do the same against the latter when the two sides clash for the second time in the Hero I-League at the Nehru Stadium here on Monday.
East Bengal has brought in two new Spanish stars in Jaime Santos Colado and Antonio Dovate and they have added a lot of energy to the rest of the bunch. Chennai City chief coach Akbar Nawas knows pretty well that the duo from Spain come with a reputation. “They are good players but we are going to play our game and to our strengths.”
He said East Bengal is a strong team with a reputable coach (Alejandro Menendez) in its rank. “After we had defeated them, the team has improved much under him and, so have we. So, we cannot benchmark on the last outing.”
Well prepared as always
Talking about the team’s preparations, Akbar said it’s has done like for any other match and will be competitive like how we have done so far with the other teams.”
“Our coaching team has video analysed our opponent’s game like how they did for the other games but I have told my boys to go out there and compete. Our mindset from the day we started is to take one game at a time,” he added.
Thankfully the team has no injury concerns. And with Nestor Gordillo, Pedro Manzi, Sandro Rodriguez and Roberto Eslava, the awesome foursome from Spain in full flow for Chennai City, it’s going to be a Spanish treat from both sides for the fans on match day.
