The Goan Network
MARGAO
Forca Goa, Forca Goa chants reverberated in the nearly packed stadium as it made Zico emotional. But the cheers were not enough to help the home team garner three full points but settled for a 1-1 draw as much he praised the performance of his boys and the manner in which they played.
Zico not so much blamed the splitting of points, but what upset himwas the blunder created by fourth official B Balasubramanium while showing the substitution as he failed to switch on the light thus wasting valuable time when the team was pressing hard for the match winner.He also rued the missed chances however he added these things happen in soccer.
Zico was impressed with performance of his marque player Lucio."This is the second match he played and had a great time in the rearguard."
His counterpart,Antonio Lopez Habas was upset with supervision of referee Santosh Kumar. "There were two ocasssion when the referee seemed to be biased. In the first case he booked seven players and later red-carded one. We also made mistakes but the circumstances under which he sent off our player made the situation difficult,"Habas said in the post-match conference.Habas was all praise for the team for pocketing 1 point and said it was always difficult to play against a strong time Like FC Goa.
When asked if their key players and marquee player Postiga's absence made the difference, Habas said: "We shouldn't be worried about who is there and who is not." Asked about the status of Portugal player Postiga's injury, he said: "We are awaiting the medical report from Portugal doctor," Habbas signed off.
