ISL Final: Atletico Diamond State Kolkata's injuries might work to Kerala Blasters' advantage

After a season filled with ballyhoo, excitement and within the finish success, that saw the planet notice of Indian football's renaissance, Kerala Blasters FC and Atletico Diamond State city are up against one another to inscribe their names in history.

Their skillful striker Fikru Teferra Lemessa has been dominated out of the marquee clash with a hamstring injury. The 28-year-old sustained a the injury within the last league game against FC province wherever he scored the winner and decisive penalty, that propelled Sourav Ganguly co-owned team into the semi-finals.

Both the groups had a roller-coaster journey to the ultimate to be vie in Navi Mumbai's Dy Patil structure. however before the title ash, city realize themselves grappling with injury woes.

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He has scored 5 goals in ISL and is that the high scorer for the facet. The striker, UN agency is additionally not unaccustomed controversies, was suspended for 2 matches following associate alleged misconduct within the game against FC province within the league stage, when that Kolkata's fortunes swung sort of a apparatus.

The side's Spanish coach has round-faced associate uphill battle during the season thanks to a bunch of injuries ruling out few of his best players. And in his absence, Habas can once more got to head to the planning stage to keep up numbers within the attack would possibly penetrate the solid Kerala defence and he might still want prophet Rafi direct.

The absence of Fikru has left the club a lot of to chew over previous the finale as his strength and muscle power can for sure be uncomprehensible against Kerala.

The 36-year-old European, UN agency has plied his trade for giants like port and city, was substituted middle method in Kolkata's second-leg semi-final against FC province, that robbed the team of its assaultive powers.But the come of striker Cavin Lobo and Spanish midfielder Jofre Mateu Gonzalez would definitely boost the facet.

Well, Fikru's injury might not be the sole worrying issue for Habas & Co. Besides the previous Ethiopian national team captain, the club's captain Luis Garcia might not have absolutely recovered from a hamstring injury he suffered earlier.