Jamshedpur FC visit the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Sunday to take on Chennaiyin FC in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2017-18. The league debutants are on a good run of form having won all of their previous three fixtures. They also boast of the best defence in the league having been broken only 12 times thus far, and would want to take a step closer to qualifying for the playoffs by picking up all three points at Chennai.

Addressing the media during the pre-match press conference was their head coach Steve Coppell, who explained his strategy going into games this season. “We work very hard on our defending, but it’s not our priority,” he stated.  “If you look at our training sessions, we spend as much time attacking as we spend defending. We want to attack teams as much as possible. Our main strategy is to be as deceptive as possible, where we can change and try and incorporate any strategy.”

Asked about any difficulties he faced during the course of the season, the 62-year-old replied, “I had said right from the start of the season that scheduling would be one of the most important factors to be successful. During various times in the season, we had seven, eight or nine days off and then we have just come back for four games in 10 days. I don’t think that is right. I think you should schedule things in a way that all the teams play every four, five or six games. I think that’s perfect!”

The Englishman concluded by sharing his thoughts regarding the upcoming away fixture. “It’s another game in the schedule,” Coppell remarked. “Whatever happens tomorrow, our season is not going to finish. It won’t be definitive as to where we are going to finish this year, but it’s significant. It is a question of earning scoring opportunities and we will do that through playing well and working hard.”