ISL 2017-18: I'm not for rotation unless it is necessary, says FCPC coach Popovic

FC PUNE CITY will take on Jamshedpur FC tonight at home and the team will be a happy bunch as their coach Ranko Popovic will be back again on the sidelines after serving a four match suspension.

At the pre-match press conference, he said,

"It was so much worse. The coach has to be close to the field. But these kinds of things happen, and some things happen to bring something better."

Talking about rotating some players, he said,

"If we make some rotation, we have some personal problems. I think the guys are prepared to play in continuity. I’m not for rotation unless it is necessary. We will see until tomorrow. Some players have small problems. Whoever will be in better shape will play."

He confirms that young star Ashique Kuruniyan will miss the match due to an injury.

"Aashique will not be ready for tomorrow. We must be careful because this is the third time in this short season that he is out, and this boy has some problem with his muscle. He’s young, he’s very strong but also he didn’t have a good base before we started to do this."

Talking about the opponents, he said,

"Jamshedpur play the same style every game. The only thing that has changed is that they score the goals. Very compact, very disciplined team. It’s very difficult to play against them. What we will do is we will try to take the lead against them, to bring them in our return."

He was also happy about the new signings in Marko Stankovic and Manuel Jesus,

"I hope they bring what we expected. Both of them are very experienced players, they have played lot of important games. This is something that our boys need, especially the Indian boys. They play in international competitions."

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