ISL Clubs Preview: Hyderabad FC

By Shivraj Talekar

15 November 2021

After a great and surprise run of form in the previous edition of Indian Super League, Hyderabad FC will be eyeing on the trophy this season. Competing in their 3rd season they will be one of the most balanced sides and a difficult team to beat.

COACH AND PREFERRED FORMATION

The Spainish coach so far has impressed everyone with his stint with Hyderabad fc. He generally plays 4-2-3-1 and has built the team around the same philosophy. He comes with a huge experience of coaching in various Spainish divisions and also has coached in the Croatian and thai top tier. He is well known for trusting in young players and providing them platform to show their skills and has been successful in that area. He will also be wanting to get his hands on the silverware.

STRENGTHS

One of their major strengths is their young Indian core. They have abundance of national team players in the team. Besides they have Foreign players who have been the part of ISL for years.

Now we can see how is their defence. Juanan and Sana will play the CB role. With Akash Mishra and Ashish will play on the left and right flanks. They will be forming one of the most strong defence in the league.

In Midfield, Joao and Hitesh Sharma will support the defence while Edu Garcia will play as an attacking midfielder. Narzary will play as a left while Aniket Jadhav will play as a right winger.

Bart Ogbeche will play as a lone striker in attack with the help of Narzary and Joel from the wings.

WEAKNESS

Though they have a strong first choice defence line but the lack of quality backups will haunt them. Also players like Juanan, Edu Garcia and Bart Ogbeche have already crossed their prime and it will be interesting to see how they will contribute to the team. We have to wait and see how Liston's exit will cost them. Last year his speedy movements were very helpful to them.

FOREIGN CONTIGNENT

Juanan

Joel Chianese

Edu Garcia

Joao Victor

Bart Ogbeche

Javi Saviero

PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT

Yasir

Akash Mishra

Javier Saviero

Aniket Jadhav

SQUAD

GOALKEEPERS

Laxmikant Kattimani

Gurmeet Singh

Lalbiakhlua Jongte

DEFENDERS

Akash Mishra

Asish Rai

Chinglensana Singh

Juanan Gonzalez

Pritam Soraisam

Nikhil Prabhu

Nim Dorjee Tamang

MIDFIELDERS

Joao Victor

Mohammad Yasir

Souvik Chakrabarti

Hitesh Sharma

Sahil Tavora

Nikhil Poojary

Edu Garcia

Mark Zothanpuia

Halicharan Nazary

Abdul Rabeeh

ATTACKERS

Bart Ogbeche

Javi Siverio

Joel Chianese

Rohit Danu

Aniket Jadhav

Aaren D’Silva

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