Mohammedan SC head coach Andrey Chernyshov shared his disappointment after his team suffered a 0-3 loss against Mumbai City FC at the Mumbai Football Arena in the ongoing Indian Super League 2024-25 on Sunday.
After both teams could not find the back of the net in the opening half, Gaurav Bora scored an own goal to put the hosts in front in the 72nd minute after a misunderstanding with the goalkeeper. In the next 10 minutes, the Islanders scored twice as Chhangte and Thaer Krouma gave a convincing win to their team.
“Look, we understand that before the match we will play against one of the best teams in ISL. It doesn’t matter what happened with them before our match. They played not so well in some matches. They are in that position they expected before the league started…they are good. How they play with the ball…such good quality,” Chernyshov said at the post-match press conference.
The Russian said the plan was to put pressure on the opposition but they could not execute their game plan against the hosts.
He said, “Before the match, we also wanted to play football, we wanted to pressure them. It was a difficult first half because they are very good with the ball… One mistake… This mistake was from kindergarten, miscommunication between the goalkeeper and our central defender, and then we should have dropped a little bit more. We tried to change the match, we brought some new players into the game, but nothing happened.”
The gaffer feels his team’s performance improved in the second half but they could not grab their chances in the last 20 minutes.
Chernyshov elaborated, “In the last 20 minutes, we got back into the game. We wanted to play our football, but the other team was a little bit better. They controlled the ball so well… We also created some chances, but we did not score, though we had good chances.”
Mohammedan SC had 30.3% possession and could only take a solitary shot on target.
Mohammedan SC will next take on derby rivals Mohun Bagan Super Giant at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata on Saturday.
