Delhi look to wreck Mumbai City’s bid for playoff berth
NEW DELHI: came back from 3-1 down to notch a morale-boosting 4-3 win.
ON A MISSION
With Mumbai City among the group of five clubs fighting it out for the two remaining playoff spots – Bengaluru FC and FC Pune City having already qualified – Delhi Dynamos will hope to hand the visitors a major jolt when the two sides face off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday.
“After the win against ATK the morale of the team is really good. We have now drawn two and won two in the previous four,” Dynamos head coach Portugal told reporters on the eve of the match.
“We lost 4-0 in Mumbai so we want to correct that. There were a lot of problems.
“Matias (Mirabaje) got sent off. We want to forget that match even though we played well,” he added.
MUST-WIN SITUATION
Mumbai, on the other hand, know that anything other than a win will almost certainly put paid to their hopes of making the playoffs.
Visiting coach Alexandre Guimaraes said his players will have to be cautious against a Delhi side that has been playing with ‘no fear’.
“You can see that they are playing with no fear of making mistakes. It doesn’t matter that they are in this situation; they will continue to play their way. This is the kind of game that you have to be very careful with,” he remarked.