FC Goa head coach Juan Ferrando wrote a ‘See You Soon’ letter on his Instagram as he communicated with the membership’s followers and his gamers after departing from India forward of their final AFC Champions League match towards Al Wahda on Thursday. Ferrando and FC Goa’s international workers and gamers left India because of the ongoing coronavirus disaster, which is forcing different international locations to place journey restrictions on the nation. Due to the concern of them getting caught in India, they had been suggested to go again to their international locations instantly.
FC Goa play Al Wahda of their last AFC Champions League match as they stand third within the Group E factors desk with three factors from 5 video games. FC Goa have up to now drawn three video games and have misplaced their two matches towards Iranian giants Persepolis. On Thursday, FC Goa will play with a purely Indian line-up and can hope to place some smile on a billion faces amid these grim occasions.
Ferrando took to social media to stated that he could be “proudly cheering” his team on Thursday and requested the fans to support the team “till last minute”. He requested everybody to hitch pressured and combat coronavirus.
“Yesterday whereas the pre-match press convention, I used to be informed that FC Goa international gamers and technical workers should depart the nation at once as because of the present scenario many international locations had been cancelling flights from India. Covid has pressured us to depart what has been our house for 8 months, however we’re all taking with us and in our recollections many good moments from this season, nonetheless a match left. Tonight, I will likely be proudly cheering and watching the sport on-line. FC Goa Indian gamers and technical workers will likely be defending our membership and Indian soccer, and positive doing their greatest. As a humble request, assist them until final minute, belief in them and their day by day laborious work.
“This isn’t the tip however the beggining of a brand new chapter we are going to stroll collectively. Let’s all combat Covid becoming a member of forces. STAY HOME, STAY SAFE. Do it for you and for the one that you love. DO IT FOR INDIA!” Ferrando wrote on Instagram.
Ferrando shared the screenshot of the post on his Twitter account as well and further wrote, “Good luck to our @FCGoaOfficial guys and technical staff ahead of tonight’s match. Be sure we are proud of you all and no one is going to assess your performance based on a single game when you have already shown so much during an entire season. Make it count!”
FC Goa’s president and proprietor Akshay Tandon thanked all of them for his or her “sacrifice and repair to the membership”.
“These players and staff have been in a bubble for 7 months. We are grateful beyond words for their sacrifice and their service to the club. Things are very bad in India and getting worse. Travel restrictions are being introduced everyday and keeping them here each day is a risk.
“They could have gotten stuck here for more time. Flights are overbooked and getting cancelled cause of newer travel curbs from India. Time to get behind our boys for the last match. I am sure they will give it their 100 per cent,” he stated on Twitter.
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