Thursday’s match against Kerala Blasters FC was quite special for FC Goa. For one thing, they picked up their second successive win and reached the top of the rankings table. Another reason to rejoice was the return of one of their mainstays from the inaugural season, Narayan Das. Having had to miss the initial bout of matches due to the India national team call-ups, Das played his first match of Season 2 on Thursday. In an exclusive interview with indiansuperleague.com after the match, the defender fielded some important questions. Here are the excerpts.On your comeback, the team has secured a win. How does it feel?It was a united effort and the team played well. This win made me feel good. Now that out next match is in Mumbai, we ought to be focusing on that match. We’ll try to put in our best in that game and win it as well.How would you analyse your performance today?It’s my first match this season. So initially, I was low on confidence. But as the game picked up, so did my confidence levels."Everybody encourages everybody present in the team and that helps build our performances."Narayan DasThe team’s pretty new this year. How did it feel co-ordinating and working with them?The players are all good. Everybody encourages everybody present in the team and that helps build our performances.A different combination was used by coach Zico from the last match. What’s your take on that?We played with the same formation as the last match. The tactics were the same, it’s just that the players fielded were different.
