After a loss in their opening fixture against Delhi Dynamos FC, FC Pune City left no stone unturned in the match against defending champions ATK, and ended the match at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata with a 4-1 win. Marcelinho was the standout performer for Pune, scoring two himself and assisting one each for Rohit Kumar and Emiliano Alfaro. The Marcelinho-Alfaro duo, which is quickly turning into a lethal partnership, spoke to indiansuperleague.com after the match. Here are the excerpts.

Marcelinho, what are your thoughts on the win today?

According to me, we did not play very well. We could have played better. We made some mistakes, but we did make the most of our opportunities which is good. I’m happy. It’s our first win and it is good for our confidence. Let’s see what we can do in the next match.

Emiliano, what are your thoughts on your relationship with Marcelinho? You guys seem to be connecting well and assisting each other to score more goals.

It’s good. We have been working hard in training. We can do that because we work hard together in training, and the other guys have been working hard, so now we need to prove that on the pitch. Today we are happy for the win and we will try to continue that in the upcoming games as well. Like Marcelinho said, we need to improve on our mistakes and perform in the games to come.

Marcelino, how important was today’s win after the loss in the previous match?

It is very important for us and good for our confidence. We need to get better in the next games. It’s just the beginning of the league, and we need to fix a lot of things. So that’s crucial for me.