What did Glan Martins say about his debut?
The Sesa Football Academy product admitted that he was elated after discovering that India coach Igor Stimac named him in the starting line-up against Qatar. But he also knew what to expect and was not nervous. I was very happy when I came to know that I will start against Qatar. At the same time, I was not nervous as I have already played in the ACL. It s difficult, the pace of the game is very fast, you don t get much time on the ball. You have to be quick. So playing in the ACL gave me the confidence to do well with the national team. The coach s belief in me also helped me a lot, he mentioned.
Goal.
Murgaonkar had fetched Salgaocar a transfer fee of INR 10 lakhs. He scored once in his debut Indian Super League (ISL) season with Goa as he saved his side s blushes in a 1-1 draw against East Bengal and before that, nine goals for Salgaocar in the Goa Pro League that was discontinued due to the Coronavirus pandemic last season.
Surprised, Murgaonkar?
Murgaonkar particularly had an impressive performance in the tie against Al Wahda on Saturday wherein he nearly contributed to a goal in his first minute on the pitch. He also displayed composure when it came to bringing the ball into the final third.
Coming back (to the FC Goa first team) after a gap of four years, it was an opportunity I was waiting for and working hard to get here with the development team, he looked forward to performing at his peak once again after being one of the stars at the club in the first couple of years of the ISL before a move to Delhi Dynamos (later Odisha). There is no pressure. Back then, there were supporters and now also, there are people supporting me. I was working hard with the developmental team where I got a chance to improve my fitness. The management worked very hard to push me. At last, I got the opportunity here (in the ACL).
9 footballers from Malabar region form backbone of Gokulam Kerala
By IANS |
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9 footballers from Malabar region form backbone of Gokulam Kerala.. Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, Feb 6 : I-League clubs across the length and breadth of the country have been playing their part in taking Indian football forward by promoting talented local players from their catchment areas and Gokulam Kerala FC comprising nine players from the Malabar region is one of the such teams.
The team from Kozhikode has been regularly promoting local players from Kerala to the I-League and as the teams fight for the 2020-21 title from within a bio-secure bubble in Kolkata, Gokulam have collated a strong contingent of players from the Malabar region, which is in north Kerala. The nine players from this region Tahir Zaman, Emil Benny, Mohammed Rashid, CK Ubaid, Salman K, Shibil Muhammed, Mohammed Jasim, PA Ajmal, and Alex Saji are fr