Woefully out of sorts this season, former champions Chennaiyin FC would look to revive their fortunes when they face bottom-placed Odisha F...
Woefully out of sorts this season, former champions Chennaiyin FC would look to revive their fortunes when they face bottom-placed Odisha FC in the Indian Super League on Sunday
Things are not looking that pretty for last season’s runners-up Chennaiyin FC with just one win in their last eight games (two out of nine) and captain Rafael Crivellaro ruled out for the season. Csaba Laszlo would be eager to start afresh and for inspiration, they need not look further than their next opponents, who recently broke their own winless rut in the league.
The team needs to recover from what was perhaps their worst display of the season, against Hyderabad and play to the strengths that they displayed in early season, that seemed to have vanished.
Chennaiyin let in four goals against Hyderabad, the same number they conceded in their first four matches. Add that to their misfiring attack that has scored just eight goals – the lowest in the league – and Chennaiyin find themselves in a real conundrum.
“I think the last game’s performance was bad,” said Laszlo.
“I don’t want to run away from this because altogether we made a lot of mistakes. I think after this game, everybody in my team has to...
