Mohammedan SC head coach Andrey Chernyshov shared his disappointment after a 3-1 loss against Jamshedpur FC in the ongoing Indian Super League 2024-25 at the JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur on Monday.
After a goalless first half, Mohammed Sanan K, Javier Savierio, and Stephen Eze scored for the home team in the second half.
Mohammed Irshad scored in the 88th minute for the visitors but it was not enough for Chernyshov’s team. Mohammedan SC had 56.3% possession and took five shots on target.
Chernyshov rued the absence of key midfielders Mirjalol Kasimov and Alexis Gomez after the loss.
“We saw today how important players like Kasimov and Alexis are. It was a little bit of direct football from our side. We could not keep the ball..” Chernyshov said in the post-match press conference.
The Russian manager said they need to play more aggressively to get the desired results in the upcoming matches.
“We played a very good first half in the first 45 minutes and in the second half we went with this confidence that we want to win the match. But (then) this incredible goal.. they scored a very nice goal (through Sanan). Maybe it did not bring us down. But maybe after the mistake from our goalkeeper (for the second goal). It sometimes happens in football. But he helped us so many times in many matches, but today, it’s okay. But we need to help him. We need to play in attack. We need to play more aggressively. At this moment, we went down and we tried to change the match with our substitutions but nothing happened. Only when we scored to make it 3-1, then we had more chances. We went to attack and we got a penalty,” Chernyshov explained.
He added: “I said before the match, in football, you need to have quality and you need to be lucky. We had so many chances to score but we did not score and we received the goal. That is a problem. If you don’t score, how will you win the match?”
Mohammedan SC will next take on Punjab FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on Friday.
