Jamshedpur FC kickstart their Hero Super Cup campaign with a tough clash against Minerva Punjab at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Monday, 2nd April. Steve Coppell’s men, who finished 5th in the club’s debut season in the Indian Super League, have their task cut out as they face the champions of I-League 2017-18.
Team News
Jamshedpur FC will be without Izu Azuka and Sameehg Doutie owing to the tournament’s restriction of allowing only six foreigners compared to Indian Super League’s eight.
Available for selection: Subrata Paul, Sanjiban Ghosh, Rafique Ali Sardar || Tiri, Andre Bikey, Anas Edathodika, Sairuat Kima, Souvik Chakrabarti, Yumnam Raju, Shouvik Ghosh, Robin Gurung, Karan Amin || Memo Moura, Wellington, Mehtab Hossain, Trindade, Bikash Jairu || Jerry Mawia, Farukh Choudhary, Siddharth Singh, Kervens Belfort, Ashim Biswas, Sumeet Passi
Minerva Punjab FC will be at full strength with their top goalscorer Chencho Gyeltshen leading their forward line.
Available for selection: Kiran Kumar Limbu, Rakshit Dagar, Bhaskar Roy || Rahul Jaydebdas, Sukhdev Singh, Anwar Ali, Akash Sangwan, Kamalpreet Singh, Eric Dano, Arashpreet Singh, Deepak Devrani, Abhishek Ambekar || Randeep Singh, Bazie Armand, Souvik Das, Kassim Aidara, Akashdeep Singh, Bhaskar Roy, Opoku Asiedu, Amandeep Singh, Jeakson Singh, Nongdamba Naorem || Chencho Gyeltshen, Bali Gagandeep, Moinuddin, Girik Khosla, Rajan Negi, Makan Chothe
Coaches Speak
Jamshedpur FC Head Coach, Steve Coppell, is wary of the challenge the tournament posed having played and coached in some of the world’s most elite cup competitions in his career. He said, “We are taking tomorrow’s match very seriously. We want to go as further as we can in the tournament.
“When twenty professional teams are fighting against each other to prove themselves, it’s going to be fierce and intense.”
Minerva Punjab FC Head Coach Khogen Singh kept his feet on the ground and urged his players to not get carried away as he said, "We are looking positively to go further in the tournament. You know, the game of football is very unpredictable, and we have to keep our heads down and continue the job on the field,”
Match Details
Jamshedpur FC vs Minerva Punjab FC
2nd April 2018 | 8 PM kick-off
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
LIVE on Star Sports 2/HD2 and Hotstar
