Dempo SC suffered an away defeat at the hands of East Bengal as the Red and Gold brigade edged past the defending champions by a 3-2 margin, last Sunday. Coach Armando Colaco believes that his boys shall certainly bounce back from the defeat when they next face Mumbai FC in Kolhapur.
“The result is fair enough and I have no one to blame on. Playing East Bengal in Kolkata is always tough. They really came back well in the second half,” he opined.
Did the red card of Clifford Miranda actually change the result of the game? “I do not think so. We were already two goals down by then. You can't touch the referee. I also had to intervene to calm my players down," he said.
Mahesh Gawli had to be rushed to the nearest hospital in the second half when he got dehydrated and landed on his head after a challenge on Tolgay Ozbey. “Mahesh is fine now. He had a bad fall which resulted in a respiratory problem. After the match, the entire Dempo squad went to see him at the hospital," said Colaco.
The Dempo coach was not bogged down with their loss as he pointed that East Bengal have yet to play two crucial matches in Goa against Salgaocar and Churchill Brothers. “The title race is wide open. East Bengal has to play two matches in Goa and that too against two top teams. Salgaocar have played more matches than us. I can still see a very bright chance for our team.”
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