Sudeva Delhi are winless even after 11 matches and the best they can do hereon is hurt the other teams by snatching away some points and avoid relegation. Towards the business end of any league, such teams are dangerous. Coach Sankarlal Chakraborty would hope to capitalise on the inconsistency of Varela’s men, who played a lacklustre draw against Real Kashmir at home in their last match.
Chakraborty acknowledged the difficulty at hand. “Churchill (Brothers) have always been a very tough side at home, even during my own playing days, ” he said. “And this year they’ve bought many good players, particularly some foreigners during the mid-season transfer window. On the other hand, we’re struggling.”
The difference between Churchill Brothers’ performance in their last two matches could not have been starker. Only a week before, they looked like a well-oiled machine, handing Rajasthan United a 5-0 pounding away from home. From Emmanuel Yaghr and Abdoulaye Sane up front to Ponif Vaz at the back – everyone looked at the top of their powers. But at home against the Snow Leopards, the same personnel turned wasteful, at times directionless.
The Churchill Brothers coach maintained his team dominated in the last game and will have to repeat that performance in order to get full points from Sudeva Delhi. “We have to play with the same mentality and intensity tomorrow but try to be better in our finishing,” Varela remarked.
However, Churchill Brothers will be hampered by the absence of midfielder Richard Costa and striker Lalkhawpuimawia, who got injured during training.
The match will be telecast live on Eurosport, DD Sports and Discovery Plus OTT platform from 7pm.