Kolkata:Defending Champions Mohun Bagan will be looking for full points when they host Sporting Clube de Goa at the Barasat Stadium in the I-League tomorrow. The Green and Maroon come into the game with a 1-1 draw with Shillong lajong. For Sanjoy Sen the biggest worry will be to prevent forward Odafa Okolie from scoring. The ex-Mohun Bagan striker has been among the goals and scored five goals in seven matches.
Coach sanjoy sen couldn’t be able to present as he is suffering from feverThree changes could happen in the Mohun Bagan strting line up. Sarthak Golui has to make way for Raju gaikwad while Pronay Halder and Brandon fernandes will replace Bikramjeet and kean Lewis respectively. However question has arised about the recent form of Mohun Bagan forward Cornell Glen. The Trinidad and Tobago world cupper has failed to replicate his form for the last couple of matches.
The away side will miss the service of Mahmoud Al Amna as he is injured. But with the likes of Loveday Eninnaya, Odafa okolie and Densil Theobold in their team the defence line would have to at their best. Sporting will be high on confidence as they defeated Mumbai FC 3-2 in the last match.
In the last season Sporting have defeated Mohun Bagan 2-1 in the first leg with Odafa scoring a brace. But in the second season Sporting lost to the Mariners 2-0. Mohun bagan have 15 points from seven matches. If they manage to win they will go to the top of the table.
Mohun Bagan defender Raju Gaikwad sounds very cautious.” According to me he is among the top 3 foreign players played in India. His turning is very dangerous. We have to mark him very carefully” revealed the defender.
According to Mohun bagan’s Brazilian defender luciano Sabrosa Odafa can be stopped.” I have been playing in India for the past 9 years. I have played against the top strikers like Ranty,Glen . it won’t be a problem” the veteran said.
He also added,” We have been playing the matches with least gaps. We are humans not machines. The way temperature have started to soar its become impossible to play in this conditions.”
On being asked why Mohun bagan failed to score goals in the past couple of the matches Jeje replied,” Not thinking about the points. We want to be the champions”.