ISl 2019-20 | Have a lot of respect for Bengaluru FC, states Phil Brown
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Hyderabad FC head coach Phil Brown has praised Bengaluru FC and stated that he has a lot of respect for the side and hoped for a good performance against the champions on Friday. The Englishman further analysed Hyderabad's campaign so far and updated the world about the injured players in the squad.
Hyderabad FC will host champions Bengaluru FC at the GMC Balayogi Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. Newcomers Hyderabad FC will be desperate to come into winning ways as they want to move from the bottom position of the table. The Nizams have only one win in their five games and fell down to a spirited Chennaiyin for 2-1 in the last match. And Hyderabad FC head coach Phil Brown was in full praise of the opposition Bengaluru and hoped to imitate Bengaluru's success.
“We have a lot of respect for the opposition. I think Bengaluru showed what they’re capable of last season. They also showed what we are aiming for as a club. What I mean by that is the consistency of Bengaluru. The way they consistently pick the same team, they consistently pick the same formation, they consistently have the same strike force; we haven’t been afforded that yet. But when that does happen for us, I think results will follow. There’s just something to admire about the way Bengaluru go about their business but we’re Hyderabad and we understand that. But we have to find ourselves, we have our character, the way we are and the way we define ourselves as a team,” Brown told reporters at the pre-match press conference, ISL website reported.
The coach then analysed his team's home performance where their only win came against Kerala Blasters, “It’s a new place, a new home, we have had two home games so far at Hyderabad and should have won both. We ended up losing one to a penalty against NorthEast United but in the game against Kerala Blasters, I think we showed what we are capable of achieving. We’re capable of reaching that level of performance and that’s what we need against Bengaluru. If we get to that level of performance against Bengaluru, I’ll be happy as a coach. I will take whatever results come our way, but I want my players to commit, I want them to be prepared to die for the shirt and I want my players to be prepared to die for a win and that’s what we need. That commitment, if we get that as I’ve said, I’ll be happy.” the English coach said.
Hyderabad FC are a side that is heavily suffering from injuries and coach Brown updated about the same. “Adil (Khan) won’t be involved. Fortunately for me, he’s the only player that I cannot choose from against Bengaluru. I have a full squad apart from him to pick from and, of course, Nestor (Jesus Benitez) is still suspended. So, there won’t be any moaning from me about the treatment room, I’ve had that and got that off my chest. We’re now a fit group, we’re now a full-strength group apart from Adil.” he said.
Hyderabad FC in their first season in ISL are at the bottom of the table with only three points in five games and coach Brown hoped with hard their fortunes will change “Everybody has good and bad luck. At this moment in time, we’re having a slice of bad luck, but only hard work will turn that into good luck. Only hard work. There’s no use feeling sorry for yourself, there’s no use going out to the field still thinking it’s bad luck. You have to work hard to change that into good luck and once that comes, everybody becomes more confident, everybody starts believing and everybody starts enjoying themselves when you are higher up the table. If we look at the league table, it’s very close towards the bottom.” Brown said
“There are five teams with a couple of points separating them and there’s five teams that have broken away already. We have to win our next few games to hang on to the tails of the five teams that have broken away and there’s still plenty of points to play for. But now is the important time, not the end of the season. The next game for me is always the most important and the challenge against Bengaluru is a mouth-watering one. It’s one of these where you are looking at last season’s champions, you are looking for a scalp and you are looking at their coach with a good team. So, there’s lots of challenges there but the main one is to win the match,” Brown concluded.
Hyderabad custodian Kamaljit Singh, who had accompanied Brown to the pre-match conference, seconded his head coach’s opinion on hard work. “It’s frustrating to lose but it’s a team game. We are all working very hard and no one wants to lose. We have been giving it our all but not been getting what we want. We are working hard, though, and hopefully we’ll get a good result in the next game,” he said.
