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The Kerala Blasters have brought a one goal advantage over the Delhi Dynamos to the capital, which the Dynamos will want to overturn on Wednesday night and reach the final of the Indian Super League – Season 3.
One can expect another intense encounter with the Dynamos hoping to be able to show their attacking prowess, while the Blasters hope for a positive result which would take them into the final at home.
Speaking to the media ahead of the game, Delhi Dynamos coach Gianluca Zambrotta said, “I know exactly that this is our last match at home, and tomorrow will be a very open match and a very difficult match. Kerala is a very strong team, and the only thing I have told my players is that they must have a positive attitude in order to have a good game tomorrow.”
Commenting on Delhi’s defeat in Kochi on Sunday, the Italian World Cup winner said: “I analysed the last match and we have to get better regarding the way we play [tomorrow] and keeping possession of the ball [is important].”
“I don’t have any specific change for tomorrow and I have not yet told the players regarding the starting eleven, and I will not give any more information now,” the 39-year-old Italian added.
Meanwhile Kerala Blasters manager Steve Coppell said, “To think that we don’t have any advantage is the way we are looking at the match and it is a game in isolation and we look at it very much that way and we prepare as well as we can as there hasn’t been a great deal of preparation time. As far as we are concerned it is nil-nil and we start again and we have got that mentality rather than we have our noses in front and you know you can do nothing better than treat the game by itself.”
Coppell also dismissed a suggestion if his team will adopt a defensive strategy in view of their lead from the first leg. “I don’t think we can sort of defend anything and our mentality has got to be that it is a game which is 0-0… We have got to play a normal game and during the course of the game things might happen, goals might come, substitutions will be made and there will be referring decisions to be made and I must stress it is very important for the league that the referring is strong and not just for our game but for tonight’s game as well. One of the things that let the team down a little bit is the referring and I hope the referees are strong in recognising simulation and punishing it. I think it is important for the game going forward, so referring decisions could be a factor in deciding who wins the game tomorrow,” he added.
