Stiven Mendoza brought an end to Chennaiyin FC’s disappointing start to the season in stunning fashion by scoring the first hat-trick of Hero Indian Super League Season 2 on Sunday evening. The Chennai pocket-dynamo silenced the home crowd in Goa with a clinically-taken hat-trick. The Colombian’s brilliant performance against the Gaurs came as a timely shot in the arm for the visitors after two back-to-back defeats. Mendoza spoke to indiansuperleague.com about his heroics soon after the match, with team-mate Eder Fernandes sitting alongside him and fielding a few questions himself.What motivated you to put in such a stellar display at Fatorda?Mendoza:First of all I would like to thank you for this good evening. And my motivation is first of all God, after that it’s my family and of course my team-mates here. From last season Chennaiyin have done a good job, so I wanted to keep it going. We started with losses so my motivation was to try to change that.You team lost against Atlético and Delhi. What did you team do differently today?Mendoza:We changed how we entered the pitch [today]. From the first minute we stayed in good shape, we attacked them and we were conscious in trying to do everything our coach asked us to do."When we play our way we know how difficult it is [for the opponents]."Stiven MendozaHow does it feel to beat Goa in Goa, knowing it’s no mean task?Eder: Of course we know that Goa like other teams have a good team. When we play our way we know how difficult it is [for the opponents]. Like we played against Delhi, they scored first after that they closed the lines. So we win against a good team, a team with quality. We needed today’s result, 0-4. Of course it gives us good motivation to keep improving and do the same job and it helps to take the points necessary to pass on to the next phase.Where does your season go from here?Eder: First of all, we need to forget this game, not forgetting what we did but this game is now finished so we must start thinking about our opponents in the next game and keep these same actions. So we had our first win but we need to keep these same actions to make more points because if we win just this game it is not enough for us.
