{"id":2981,"date":"2012-03-05T03:56:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T03:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2012-03-05T03:56:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T03:56:41","slug":"pune-fc-to-take-on-ar-hima-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2981","title":{"rendered":"IFA Shield: Pune FC to take on Ar-Hima FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/football\/pune_fc.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Pune Fc\" style=\"float: left; border: 1px solid black; margin: 6px;\" \/>Pune<\/strong>: <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Pune+FC&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all#content\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Pune+FC&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all#content\">Pune FC<\/a> has a tough task ahead of them if they want to qualify for the semifinals of the 116th IFA Shield. They will take on Ar-Hima FC in a must-win game. Having drawn the Group-C opener against Pailan Arrows (1-1) leaves Pune FC with not just a victory to achieve but a huge margin also turns out to be important. This because Arrows and Ar-Hima FC lock horns in the last group match, which makes it important if Pune FC achieve success at the Howrah Stadium on the morrow.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Derrick Pereira is blunt and offers, \u201cThe team is unknown and honestly do not know what to expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the only player that the Pune FC coach identifies from the Ar-Hima FC line-up is Bhola Prasad who played for Mahindra United, apart from knowing that the side has a foreign striker and defender.<\/p>\n<p>While this first of its kind encounter puts the onus on Pune FC, their opponents from Meghalaya have this year finishing third in their group in the in the Second Division <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=I-League&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all#content\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=I-League&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all#content\">I-League<\/a> preliminary stage.<\/p>\n<p>With their task cut out, Pune FC\u2019s opener against Arrows was not at all satisfactory to the coach who called the performance \u201crusty.\u201d \u201cOur decision making upfront was bad despite creating the one-odd chance,\u201d the coach explained. \u201cWe should have done better overall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aware that a win is the only result needed, the coach felt that the wider and better Howrah Stadium should help the players better than the previous game at East Bengal ground, which was bumpy, smaller and bottled up movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing to take away from the player\u2019s effort in this type of a situation,\u201d the coach went on.<\/p>\n<p>Pune FC\u2019s Sunday performance is likely to have an impact on the team composition the availability of Lester Fernandez may have the central midfielder line up to work the feed line better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be changes for sure,\u201d added the Pune FC coach after their pre-match practice session.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many possibilities that can be seen is Arata Izumi moving up to assist striker Mandjou Keita and perhaps Maninder Singh moving into Shanmugam Venkatesh\u2019s place in the left midfield position.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with a do or die situation for further progress, Pune FC coach says, \u201cWe have a job on hand and I am sure even they as professionals know what is expected of them. Our job is to go out at give the match our best shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/football\/pune_fc.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Pune Fc\" style=\"float: left; border: 1px solid black; margin: 6px;\" \/>Pune<\/strong>: <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Pune+FC&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all#content\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Pune+FC&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all#content\">Pune FC<\/a> has a tough task ahead of them if they want to qualify for the semifinals of the 116th IFA Shield. They will take on Ar-Hima FC in a must-win game. Having drawn the Group-C opener against Pailan Arrows (1-1) leaves Pune FC with not just a victory to achieve but a huge margin also turns out to be important. This because Arrows and Ar-Hima FC lock horns in the last group match, which makes it important if Pune FC achieve success at the Howrah Stadium on the morrow.<\/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":[82],"tags":[345,214],"class_list":["post-2981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-football-football","tag-i-league","tag-pune-fc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IFA Shield: Pune FC to take on Ar-Hima FC - 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=2981\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IFA Shield: Pune FC to take on Ar-Hima FC - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pune: Pune FC has a tough task ahead of them if they want to qualify for the semifinals of the 116th IFA Shield. 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