Eder Monteiro started for the first time this season as Chennaiyin FC registered a 2-0 win over FC Pune City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday evening. Jeje Lalpekhlua and Davide Succi scored in the Super Machans’ climb up the table to fifth with 13 points from 10 games. Monteiro had a good game and marshalled Chennaiyin’s defence with great control. He spoke to indiansuperleague.com after the match and shared his thoughts on what was his team’s first win in six games. Here are the excerpts from the interview.2-0 on the night. Do you think it was a fair result?I think it was a crucial match for us. We knew about the importance of the match because in the last two games we didn’t get any points, so we played this game like a final. Congratulations to the group, the players, the staff, the technical staff, and I feel everyone has contributed in this win.It was your first start of the season and you kept a clean sheet after conceding seven goals in the last two games. What do you have to say about your performance and the team’s performance?I’m happy because the team won. That is most important. I believe football is a team sport, so when everything goes well it is because everyone helped. In the last two matches we conceded seven goals, it was because something didn’t go right.You move up from seventh place to fifth in the standings. Do you think you can keep the momentum and make the semis?We will go game by game, step by step, and today we did what was necessary. We won and now the next game is important. We must continue winning because we need points to enter the semis. So the next match is now most important for us.
