Chennai City FC to face Indian Arrows

Coimbatore: Defending Champions Chennai City FC will be playing host to All India Football Federations (AIFF) developmental side Indian Arrows at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday. Having picked up just one win from their previous five outings, Chennai City find themselves in a relegation scrap — resting at ninth place in the table with eight points — level with tenth-placed Aizawl FC. The hosts do have a couple of games in hand but that wouldn’t serve as any consolation to a side that emerged as Numero Uno in the last term. Current and runaway league leaders Mohun Bagan have shown little signs of slowing down and are in pole position to take over Chennai’s crown. However, the Southerners did show a lot of fight and almost pulled off a monumental comeback from being three goals down, showing glimpses of their absolute best.

Akbar Nawas, Head Coach, Chennai City FC believes that his side won’t rest until the finish line and will continue the fight, irrespective of the situation. Weighing in on the same, he added: “I have great belief in my team. As long as it’s mathematically possible for us to win the title, we will not give up, not until the final day.

“That is the way for us to move forward, even when things don’t seem to go our way. The way we played in the second half against Mohun Bagan, it was better than any of our performances put together from last year. I saw that and I believe the players know it too,” he concluded. IANS

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