Once again on 8th
of this month and that too at home
ground, Fatorda, FC Goa failed to rise up to the expected level and surrendered
all the points to FC Pune in a pathetic defeat just like earlier on 4th
with North East United FC at Guwahati. It is not Zico’s fault alone though he
failed this time miserably to groom the team as a well-knit cohesive unit
inspite of taking the team to Brazil for grooming the players to be the best.
The team FC Goa has
many flaws starting from custodian Kattimani whose recklessness was responsible
to concede at least two goals out of 4.
In the defense line with all my due respect to his past glories as World
Cupper for Brazil, once mighty Lucio at 38 now, is unfit to shoulder the
responsibility of manning the defense appropriately. He is now a pale shadow of his earlier mighty
self in the sense that now he is slowed down, lost his earlier concentration
and above all he lost the taste of playing competitive soccer.
In the half line there
is not a single maestro to orchestrate the midfield by defending and attacking,
at times Romeo did this job but he is not used full time to utilize his
skill.
In the forward line
though Mandar showed some glimpses of
his last season’s skills in sprinting with the ball cleverly evading past
number of opponents yet his other colleagues are not receptive to his
tempo. Rafael is accurate in hitting the
target but he is a bit slow while Reinaldo is a bit flimsy. As a whole, the forward line looks like
playing only for the sake of playing and not to win. They want to dribble and exchange passes even
in the penalty box which is not correct.
In a Portuguese Eusebian and West German Gerd Muellerian style, our boys
must finish the execution when they get the ball in the box. The foreign
players looks tired and not spirited
because they have crossed their peak.
It is not enough to
play the game but while playing you must also have God’s blessing which FC Goa
will never get because it is financed by the sinful money from the sinful
business of Casino gambling. Without God’s blessing nothing good will come.
Under the current ownership of FC Goa team by the sinful Casino owner and
promoter of sacrilegious Casino business, Mr. Modi, FC Goa will fail
miserably. And signs are already
appeared of the wrath of God.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
