“You need not exactly have ball possession because it is not that if you have possession, you win the match. Before the Kolkata derby, Habas once again showed just how much of the Iberian DNA of possession-based football had skipped his operating system.

A criticism of him has been the ‘one goal and shut shop’ approach that can and has been tedious to watch.

Bagan had a team alright.Īll that was now required was for their serial winner of a coach in Antonio Habas to lead this group. Liston Colaco, a young Goan, with the penchant to score in a spectacular manner, was hauled in as well. Joni Kouko’s disappointment at being knocked out of the Euro 2020 was sweetened by the Kolkata club chasing and finally acquiring his signature. Hugo Boumous was swiftly extricated from Mumbai City FC for a record fee. Retaining most of their best foreign players as well as a horde of current Indian internationals, Mohun Bagan worked on furthering their already burgeoning bag of talent. In contrast to them stood the other Kolkata club. 'Good match, good effort, good discipline, I am very happy with the result,' says the boss 💪💚♥️ #ATKMohunBagan #JoyMohunBagan #আমরাসবুজমেরুন #HeroISL #SCEBATKMB /FYe0xwxs7k If the writing on the wall was not clear enough in their draw against Jamshedpur, it became quite highlighted in the 3-0 loss last week. There wasn’t enough time for a new set of players to gel together before the start of the season. But by that time, even the hiring of a coach of the ilk of Manolo Diaz, who had once been part of the Real Madrid Castilla coaching setup, was not enough. Through the summer of 2021, the battle raged on until compromises were made and Twitter accounts were active again.

The officials saw it as a way of the sponsor clipping their wings. The significant amount of money being pumped in by their sponsors came with the caveat of a few key changes. A battle between the officials of the club and Shree Cement, a Mamata Banerjee backed sponsor, had reached its crescendo. The third iteration of the Kolkata derby in the ISL had all the makings of a beatdown for East Bengal and the oncoming song of retreat was being written even before the season began.

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