FC Pune City end their Hero Indian Super League 2016 campaign against Atlético de Kolkata at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium in Kolkata on Friday evening. The Stallions are out of semis contention and will be looking to end the season on a high after managing 15 points from 13 games. Pune beat Kolkata 2-1 at Balewadi last month and will be looking to salvage some pride on Friday by doing the double over the 2014 champions, who’ve already booked their berth in the semis.This year will be the first time Pune head coach Antonio Habas won’t be a part of the semis having finished in the top 4 with ATK in both the previous editions of the league. The Spaniard believes a lack of continuity in the Stallions’ ranks along with injuries played a huge role in his side’s failure to qualify for the semi-finals. “If you see Pune’s team we lost two important players, one is Andre Bikey and the other is Eidur Gudjohnsen. So, we needed to make changes and adapt a new style of play and get a new marquee player. For example, 80% of their [Kolkata’s] foreign players are the same [as last year], so there is an understanding [between them]. FC Pune City also want the same. As the team was new, we wanted to be more consistent. We beat the three top teams like Mumbai, Delhi and ATK and we just needed to be more consistent,” Habas told reporters at the pre-match press conference.The 59-year-old also shrugged aside suggestions that there could be a lack of motivation for his players ahead of Friday’s game, given his team are out of semis contention. “We have professional players and we are a professional team and we have the same motivation for tomorrow as any other game,” Habas said.Friday’s encounter will see Habas returning to Kolkata for the first time since joining Pune at the start of the season after a two-year spell with ATK and he admitted that he will always look back with fond memories when it comes to the players and fans of his former side. “I want to thank the ATK fans for their support for the last two years and I am grateful as I am part of ATK’s history as their first coach and I am very proud of my association with ATK and the ATK fans always support their team, which is great,” he said.When asked about the progress seen in the standards of Indian players over the past three years, Habas said: “Yes, there has been development in Indian football in these three years and it has made the Indian players more competitive but we need to grow and the league needs to become longer. I don’t want to take any names but there have been many Indian players who have shown tremendous development.”Commenting on what the future has in store for the Hero ISL, Habas said: “For a longer league, we need to know if the international players are ready to come for six months. As a coach I am [mostly] working in South America or South Africa but I am also a professional and taking into consideration my family and other things, I am ready to come for six months.”