Eye on semis, Goa look to tame ATK
Margao, Feb. 27: FC Goa will look to take a step closer to the semi- finals of the Indian Super League when they host ATK at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday.
A win for the Gaurs will take them to fourth place, with a one- point advantage over Jamshedpur FC.
One of the most entertaining outfits in the ISL, Goa will be aiming for nothing less than three points to get their season back on track. As for ATK, the Kolkata outfit have not managed a win in the last seven matches — six of them being losses.
The best ATK can do is finish eighth, if they win both their matches and the teams below them don’t match their results. Although the defending champions don’t have injury concerns apart from Ryan Taylor, confidence is certainly low.
However, they have nothing to lose and their assistant coach Bastab Roy said that it would make for a good watching.
“We don’t have any psychological edge — in fact, the situation is not in our favour. But it will be a good open match for the spectators,” Roy said.
“This is not the right time to discuss what went wrong. That will be done after the season. Something is going wrong in the last 15- 20 minutes and FC Goa are a well- balanced team and in the run up for the top four. So it’s a tough task and we will give our best,” he added.
FC Goa are riding high after beating Pune 4- 0. Most of their top performers clicked on the night — with Ferran Corominas scoring a brace while Manuel Lanzarote and Hugo Boumous also got on the scoresheet.