Mumbai City FC are enjoying a dream start to the Indian Super League campaign ever since the arrival of coach Sergio Lobera. However, the S...
Mumbai City FC are enjoying a dream start to the Indian Super League campaign ever since the arrival of coach Sergio Lobera. However, the Spaniard felt the 12 days break affected their team’s momentum as they prepare to take on Kerala Blasters at GMC Stadium, Bambolim, Goa in the first match of 2021.
“Two-week break is a long time without competition games. To analyse this situation, when you are in good momentum it’s not good to stop. It’s better to continue playing. But on the other hand, it’s good to have more time to spend in the training session,” expressed Lobera whose side are currently second with 16 points from seven games and a win against Kerala will help them reclaim the top spot from ATK MB.
“It’s difficult but at the same time it’s easy because we have good players,” stated Lobera and added, “But given a choice, I wouldn’t prefer to take a long break and then play two games in three days.”
Lobera is unbeaten against Kerala in the last six encounters having won five and drew one. But that was a different story. On Saturday, it would be a battle of two teams having similar ideologies and styles of play.
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