Pratesh Shirodkar will be hoping for his third start of Hero Indian Super League 2016 when FC Goa host Atlético de Kolkata at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Thursday. The Gaurs head into this must-win fixture with 11 points from as many games and will be looking for their maiden win against Kolkata having failed to register a single win in their seven encounters so far. Shirodkar has played 151 minutes and has completed one interception, two blocks, two clearances and five successful tackles in Hero ISL 2016. The 27-year-old, who also has a 74% passing accuracy, spoke to indiansuperleague.com ahead of the clash. Here are the excerpts from the interview.This is your first season with FC Goa, so how has your experience been under Zico?It’s been great under Zico’s leadership. He has been one of the best players in the world and I have learnt a lot of things under him, and let’s hope for the best.If you look at the bottom half of the table, there isn’t much difference between the teams, so do you feel FC Goa are still in contention for the semis?Yes, we have a few chances. These last three games are must-wins for us and if we win these matches we have a chance to qualify.In the last two games you showed real hunger to win the matches, how has Zico been motivating the squad?Zico has been motivating us since the beginning of the season but we didn’t get many wins. Now we are all coming together and working really hard towards winning the matches.Kolkata have been widely regarded as one of the best teams in the competition, so what do you think is their strength and how are you planning to counter it?Zico has already been planning with the team on how to perform. Whoever plays has to perform very well to win the match and we are going to work hard for this victory.