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[caption id="attachment_10654" align="alignnone" width="580"] Sanjoy Sen to decide on Sony Norde after talking to him. Image Source: Xtra Time[/caption] Internet Desk: Mohun Bagan will face East Bengal in the second leg of the I-league Derby in Siliguri on Saturday. Mohun Bagan supporters in Siliguri were overwhelmed with joy after watching Sony Norde. But Sony rested the whole day as he was a suffering from a jet lag. A million-dollar question is surrounding around Siliguri that whether Sony will feature in the playing xi against East Bengal. According to sources, Haitian Sony Norde is having a knee injury which is suffered during the CONCACAF World Cup qualifier match against Panama. Bagan's suspended coach Sanjoy Sen quoted as saying, "Sony is under match practice and if he does not train before the match, it won't be a big issue. I have heard that he is having a injury. I will speak to him today at the dinner table and tomorrow before the match and then will decide whether to play him or not." According to renowned club sources, if needed Sony will play having painkiller injections injected in his body. Sanjoy Sen is not giving any importance to the problems regarding East Bengal's Bernard Mendy with the players and team management. The mariners coach added," This is a hype created by the media." Sanjoy Sen did not care with the unavailability of Bikash jairu in the squad.  He said, "East Bengal have very good players in their flanks in the likes of Tlunga, Sanju Pradhan and Do-dong-Hyun. They are very experienced ones." Siliguri is known as the fortress for all East Bengal supporters. Do you think it will play as a disadvantage in your minds with the crowd supporting and chanting for the Red and Gold brigade. Will East Bengal be in a advantage position? Sanjoy Sen was clever enough to answer. "Pressure will be on East Bengal as we are leading the table and they are lagging behind by 5 points. Even if we lose we will have the time to recover but East Bengal will be almost out of the Championship." Mariners' highest scorer Cornell Glen, who found the back of the net in the last installment of the derby, played down the focus on individual milestones. He said, “I do not care if I get a goal or not, we need to win and we need to win at least three out of our last four to win the Hero I-League.” Probable xi: Debjit(Gk), Pritam, Luciano, Kinshuk, Dhanchandra, Pronay, Manish, Sony, Katsumi, Jeje, Glen.