{"id":11337,"date":"2012-11-03T09:39:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T09:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11337"},"modified":"2012-11-03T09:39:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T09:39:21","slug":"i-league-air-india-to-take-on-ongc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11337","title":{"rendered":"I-League: Air India to take on ONGC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/airindia-ongc-1.jpg\" alt=\"I-League: Air India to take on ONGC\" width=\"200\" \/><\/strong><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: The first \u2018Home\u2019 match for ONGC was sweet \u2013 it earned them their first point in the <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=I-League&amp;sa=Search\">I-League<\/a>. But it could have been sweeter. A late goal equaliser in the 88th minute by Prayag United Ranti Martins and some crucial misses in front of the rival goal including one which hit the bar in the last attack of the play denied them full points.<\/p>\n<p>But all is not green after that sort of heartwarming performance against strong contenders Prayag United. Nine days later, an injury and a red card stay a thorn in ONGC\u2019s flesh as they gear up to host bottom-placed Air India in their next encounter at the Ambedkar Stadium on Sunday (October 4). The kick-off is at 2.30pm. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn injury to our defender Bijoy Gurung enabled Prayag to crawl back into the match,\u201d recollects ONGC Coach Subrata Bhattacharya. \u201cHis substitution proved to be the turning point. I had no option as he was injured,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n<p>Gurung hasn\u2019t yet recovered from his hamstring injury and will have to sit out against Air India. \u201cWe have an adequate replacement,\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bhattacharya echoes. \u201cIt\u2019s the I-League and you need to build your team keeping such mishaps in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Gurung, ONGC\u2019s goalscorer against Prayag Liberia\u2019s Eric Brown will be missed. \u201cIt was Brown\u2019s first match and he had announced his arrival with a superb let-footer freekick which beat Subrata Pal hands down. We will miss him for sure. But such is life,\u201d Bhattacharya defines. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAir India are a tough opponent,\u201d he says the very next moment. \u201cWe watched them in the Federation Cup and there\u2019s tremendous cohesion in the midfield. Mohun Bagan were lucky to garner full points against them in their last match,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n<p>Bhattacharya\u2019s rival counterpart, Air India coach, Godfrey Pereira, a former India International, stays aware about the desperation \u2013 the desperation to open their account. \u201cIt\u2019s a very vital match for us. We stay desperate to open our account. We need to win at any cost,\u201d he says in one breath. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have much knowledge about ONGC except seeing them in the Federation Cup. They had a good match against Prayag United.\u201d For the record, ONGC have only two foreign recruits in their ranks \u2013 Nigerian striker Henry and attacking midfielder Junior, also from Nigeria. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAir India can run the steam out of any side. They are a very fit side who run all over in the 90 minutes. They will stretch any opponent. That\u2019s stays their quality. We need to be cautious,\u201d Bhattacharya opines.<\/p>\n<p>The kick-off at the Ambedkar Stadium is at 2.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The first \u2018Home\u2019 match for ONGC was sweet \u2013 it earned them their first point in the I-League. But it could have been sweeter. A late goal equaliser in the 88th minute by Prayag United Ranti Martins and some crucial misses in front of the rival goal including one which hit the bar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[345,389],"class_list":["post-11337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest","tag-i-league","tag-prayag-united"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I-League: Air India to take on ONGC - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11337\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I-League: Air India to take on ONGC - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: The first \u2018Home\u2019 match for ONGC was sweet \u2013 it earned them their first point in the I-League. 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