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It’s a tough job – giving 100% against your arch-rivals, closely losing out on a high-intense battle, and then travel to another city to play the next round. Wonder what must be going in the minds of team
East Bengal who will face HAL Bangalore on November 23rd.
East Bengal head Coach Trevor Morgan would be much relieved man as Aussie striker Tolgay Ozbey will be back in the team after serving a double-booking suspension against Mohun Bagan.
Nothing seems to be going well for the Aircraftsmen – lying at the bottom of the points table. Their primary concern was their inability to score. They did score two quick goals in the last match, but conceded three goals in late second half.
Let us see what manager Muralidharan means when he said, “Applying fresh attacking approach” for tomorrows match. But he must look for setting defense straight.
The earlier encounter at the same venue was from the previous I-League edition, played in the artificial turf in May this year. That fast-paced entertaining match resulted in a 1-1 draw.
