After spending most of the season staring at the Mumbai City FC tail-lights, ATK Mohun Bagan finally have the chance to go clear at the top...
After spending most of the season staring at the Mumbai City FC tail-lights, ATK Mohun Bagan finally have the chance to go clear at the top, if only for a short period of time. All Antonio Habas’ team has to do is secure three points when they take on Jamshedpur FC at the Fatorda Stadium on Sunday.
The odds are certainly in their favour — while ATKMB has been the best team defensively, Jamshedpur have struggled for goals all season, scoring just four in their last seven. And Habas struck a confident note ahead of the encounter.
“The team is good, the team is confident,” he said. “We are in the best way. Now we have to focus on the last four matches in case there is the opportunity to win the regular league. Every game, we focus on the next opponent.”
When the two teams met earlier in the season, it was Jamshedpur who came out on top. But Habas isn’t concerned about what happened in the past. “I don’t want to talk about the past,” he said. “All matches are different. All matches are difficult. Now we have to play this match like it’s the last.”
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