Echoing miranda

Indian Super League: Chennaiyin FC will take on Indian Super League outfit East Bengal in the second AIFF Super Cup 2025-26 Group A fixture on Tuesday at the GMC Athletic Stadium, 4:30 PM, aiming to bounce back swiftly from a narrow defeat against Mohun Bagan.

Up against a full-strength Mohun Bagan side, an all-Indian Chennaiyin outfit went toe-to-toe with their opponents for large parts of the contest on a rain-soaked Fatorda pitch. Head coach Clifford Miranda expressed his pride in the team’s effort during their first competitive outing in five months and emphasised the importance of building on that performance ahead of the crucial East Bengal clash.

“We did well against Mohun Bagan, despite not having too many training sessions. The players’ attitude has been great, right from day one and into the match. They did not get bogged down by the challenges and played fearlessly. We did commit some mistakes, but that is bound to happen since we have only been in training for 12 days. They (the players) are trying to understand what I want from them, but it’s working day in, day out, week in week out, to get where we want to be,” Miranda said.