Coach's Corner

From The Boss

Hello everyone,

We’re back after a two-week gap which has almost felt like a month and I’m sure you would agree with me! The international window however, allowed us the big luxury of a small recovery and all of us made the most of it. I traveled to Madrid to renew my UEFA Pro License and the trip was a nice reunion of sorts where I met with Albert, David and Marc – all of who have been with, and given so much to this fantastic club in the past. I know how much all of you miss Albert and he constantly mentions how much he misses all of you as well.

Our time zones are very different but that hasn’t stopped him from following the club. Every time we get on a call, Albert’s talking about Bengaluru FC and you can tell how invested he still is in the club!

We are now in Pune for what is our first away game of the season and it’s safe to say we have a tough fixture to start our travels with. Games against FC Pune City have always been closely fought and I don’t expect anything different this time either. Our opponents may have a new manager in Miguel Portugal but he certainly isn’t new to the ISL, having managed Delhi Dynamos last season. Interestingly, I met Miguel on my trip to Madrid as part of the same UEFA Pro License course I was doing, and he was mentioning how pleased he was with his squad, especially in offense, this season.

But I’d like to focus more on my team and the strengths we possess. The break gave us time to work harder on the things we need to improve and I’m certain the boys will respond to it, just as they have been doing from the time we assembled in July.

I’ve been told that a good number of our fans will be making the trip from Bengaluru to Pune to support us and that encourages us a lot. I hope we can reward the fans with the kind of football they want to see us play and the result they would like.

Let’s give this everything we have,

Love,

Carles Cuadrat