I refuse to believe that b'cos of non availability of Amna, EB has been losing. First two away matches (in the hills, which is always difficult) they had won sans Amna. And EB have a much fluid and talented players in the midfield even without Amna, than most of the I League teams.
Am not too sure, if the players are aligned with the coach's style of play - EB always have had this problem of infighting, moment they lose one/two matches. Not sure, if anything has come up this year also and if that is the cause of such dip in performance graph.
Hats Off to Minerva Punjab FC. Even after losing most of the squad to other clubs, They have built themselves to now reach 2nd position in the Points Table while East Bengal has crashed to 8th position.
It is futile to blame Amna's absence or blaming it to goalkeeper error. They are just not playing well, their Foreign players are not good enough. They were chasing shadows of players like Dodoz / Opoku. Poor in set-piece, too many gaps in the midfield and Defense.
Next 3 matches for East Bengal are against Gokulam, Derby and Churchill Brothers. They are not going to be easy.
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All Goals: Shillong vs Neroca
Ubaid (GK), Acosta, Borja, Kamalpreet, Enrique, Aidara, Longvah, Jobby, Lalramchullova (C), Brandon, Manoj
I don't understand why Ubaid is there in place of Dagar.
Am not too sure, if the players are aligned with the coach's style of play - EB always have had this problem of infighting, moment they lose one/two matches. Not sure, if anything has come up this year also and if that is the cause of such dip in performance graph.