Mohammedan Sporting has been fighting to stay out of the relegation zone, and the deterioration of the team’s performance is a challenge for the coach and players as they try to lift the morale of the side.
In the I-League 2022-23, they have been able to grab full points only against 11th-placed Mumbai Kenkre since the turn of the year. Even the unbeaten home record this season was broken in a humiliating 0-4 loss to RoundGlass Punjab, and after losing the last two matches, they are just three points out of the relegation zone.
This troubled brigade of Kibu Vicuna will be taking on Gokulam Kerala FC here at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan on Sunday. Gokulam are the defending champions but have also started dropping down the ladder. They are now fourth on the table, with a ten-point gap between them and the top.
Therefore, neither of the two teams can afford to waste points in tomorrow’s match. Gokulam have lost three matches since the resumption of the Hero I-League after the winter break. With a lot of away matches coming up, Francesc Bonet knows he has to pick up full point against a team like Mohammedan Sporting, whose target is survival.
Those are often the teams that hurt title contenders the most, and the ominous thing about Vicuna’s team is that they have firepower. just that it does not come out often enough. Nobody can doubt the scoring ability of Marcus Joseph and Abiola Dauda.
Vicuna’s counterpart, Bonet, spoke highly of the opponents. “Mohammedan Sporting are a good team and should not be judged by their position on the table,” he remarked.
“They are not there because they have played badly.” “Sometimes they’ve been unlucky, and sometimes the finishing hasn’t been very good,” he
elaborated.
