Army in the challenge of stopping the two-time defending champions
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Once there was a custom in Nepali football, if someone won the title three times in a row, the trophy would be his. Not so anymore. He has also lost the streak of winning the title three times in a row. In the final of the KP Oli Cup Football at Dasharath Stadium on Monday, Machindra will have such a rare opportunity to score a hat-trick of titles.
Defending the title is considered more difficult than winning it, so will Army make it difficult for the two-time defending champions? Machindra's coach Santosh Neupane believes his club is ready. However, being the defending champion, there is also pressure. He claims, 'We will try to win the game in 90 minutes.'
That means Machindra is not interested in tiebreakers. Captain Vishal Shrestha says that his team will play well and try to win the title. In his experience, whenever Machindra and Army clash, it will be very exciting towards the end of the game. Vishal believes that this time the final will be similar.
Machindra beat KP Oli FC in the semi-finals. Before that his win was against Bhutan FC Transport United. Army defeated Police in the first match. His victory in the semi-finals was against crisis. Army's Meghraj KC, who is much more experienced than his counterpart coach from Machindra, believes that both teams have reached the final with good results.
So the finale can be expected to be good. According to his analysis, Machindra's advantage is a strong mix of foreign and Nepali players. And the strength of the Army is the enthusiasm of the young players. He says, "We will play by correcting the weaknesses seen in the previous two games. We will block Machindra's strong side and attack his weak side.
He is planning to form an army team with new players and believes that the results will come slowly. Army captain Jelepsijung Karki believes that he will play according to his coach's strategy. He says, "We have reached here by everyone's hard work. We have also made a plan for the final and the match will be played accordingly.'
