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I-League: We Need To Win Against Air India - Salgaocar Coach Tim Hankinson
The American wants nothing less than three points against Air India
18-Jan-2010 11:06:00 PM
By Amoy Ghoshal
Salgaocar suffered their second consecutive defeat on Sunday by going down 1-3 against Pune FC at home. The result dropped them to 12th place and now they are only two points above the relegation zone.
Coach Tim Hankinson explained why his team has made such a poor start in the second phase.
Speaking to Goal.com he said, “The defeat against Mumbai damaged our confidence because we dominated the match, created the better chances but still ended up with no points. We were wasteful in front of goal and made some very bad mistakes at the back.
“Against Pune, we were equally bad defensively which was exploited by our opponents. Our overall performance over the two matches isn’t good enough so we must improve in the coming games.”
The 54 year old looked ahead to their next match against bottom placed Air India and talked about the importance of getting a win.
“We will be going to Mumbai with only one thing in our mind and that is to win the game. Air India are also struggling at the moment but they have only two points less than us so we can't afford any slip ups and really need to improve our position by winning this game.”
Talking about his side’s defensive woes, Hankinson added that in a bid to be a bit more ambitious in attack their weaknesses at the back have been exposed.
“I knew at first that my defence has weaknesses so our approach was a little conservative in the earlier rounds. But now in the second phase as we need to pick up points, I had to adopt a more open strategy which has exposed our frailties at the back,” said the American coach.
That crucial encounter between Air India and Salgaocar takes place on Friday, 22th January.
For more news on I-League, please visit our I-League Page!
Coach Tim Hankinson explained why his team has made such a poor start in the second phase.
Speaking to Goal.com he said, “The defeat against Mumbai damaged our confidence because we dominated the match, created the better chances but still ended up with no points. We were wasteful in front of goal and made some very bad mistakes at the back.
“Against Pune, we were equally bad defensively which was exploited by our opponents. Our overall performance over the two matches isn’t good enough so we must improve in the coming games.”
The 54 year old looked ahead to their next match against bottom placed Air India and talked about the importance of getting a win.
“We will be going to Mumbai with only one thing in our mind and that is to win the game. Air India are also struggling at the moment but they have only two points less than us so we can't afford any slip ups and really need to improve our position by winning this game.”
Talking about his side’s defensive woes, Hankinson added that in a bid to be a bit more ambitious in attack their weaknesses at the back have been exposed.
“I knew at first that my defence has weaknesses so our approach was a little conservative in the earlier rounds. But now in the second phase as we need to pick up points, I had to adopt a more open strategy which has exposed our frailties at the back,” said the American coach.
That crucial encounter between Air India and Salgaocar takes place on Friday, 22th January.
For more news on I-League, please visit our I-League Page!
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