When the Indian Super League season was halfway through, few would have looked past FC Goa while making the list of semi-finalists. Howeve...
When the Indian Super League season was halfway through, few would have looked past FC Goa while making the list of semi-finalists. However, six draws later, they are now hanging on to that playoff spot by the skin of their teeth.
When they take on Odisha FC at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa on Wednesday, Juan Ferrando’s men will be vying to break that unwanted streak.
Goa currently lie in fourth, level on points with fourth-placed Hyderabad and only two points adrift of Bengaluru FC in sixth. Ferrando knows that the game against bottom-dwellers Odisha is their best chance of getting three points among the three games that remain. However, he will have to deal with multiples absences.
“We have some injuries,” he said. “But I’m not scared because we have a very good squad. The problem is that we only had two days to prepare. But about the players, I am not upset because we have a very good squad and everybody can help the team.”
Goa have made something of a habit of coming back to salvage points after going behind, something that they did in their last-gasp draw against Chennaiyin FC. No team has won more points after conceding the first goal than them.
However, Ferrando will be wondering...
