Indian Army Football Team will take on local side Bodoland FC at the SAI Stadium, Kokrajhar at 6 PM tomorrow.
The evening game in Kokrajhar on Thursday is a must-win for Bodoland FC. Anything less, would mean they would have no chances to progress further in the tournament, whatever the outcome of the final game against Odisha FC. The Indian Army team are much more comfortable after their opening game victory over Odisha and will therefore go into the game with a lot of confidence.
Captain of Indian Army side , Bhabindra Malla Thakuri is fully confident to win. “We all are serving soldiers and in Army fitness is the most important part of our job.So we are physically fit and mentally robust.”
“We are really so much excited for tomorrow’s match because we are going to face local team with full fan support.”
Anthony Ramesh,the coach of the Indian Army team sounded confident despite not having his main striker Liton Shil, the scorer in their first game, available, saying in a pre-game chat, “The boys are motivated and we have prepared well. Yes we will be missing our main striker Liton but we have other players also. We will be playing to win, which will make our qualification easier.”
“We will give our best.
We are fit and well motivated.So we will win and earn three points tomorrow.”
Sudhir Mishra ,the Assistant Coach of Army side shared his thoughts.
A must-win for the home side:
Bodoland coach Daimalu Basumatary also sounded well aware of the task at hand. In an extensive chat on the morning of a day ahead of the game he said, “Last match we lost three points. I won’t give excuses by saying the weather was bad. They also played in the same weather. We made some mistakes but our players played well and fought till the whistle was blown. These coming two matches are very important for us and we have to win in both the matches. Tomorrow we are playing against Indian Army and we are ready to take important three points for our team. We are trying really hard and hope to have a better combination in the final third. I am sure my boys will do better and secure three points.”
Indian Army will look for their second consecutive victory in the tournament while Bodoland FC will want to continue their resilient effort which they had shown in the opening match which they lost by a goal.
Source: Army Authorities
Report- Pratyusha Mukherjee, Journalist
