ATK face NorthEast United FC in Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2017-18 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati on Friday. Zequinha has weighed in with a goal and an assist and will hope to add to that tally when they take on the Highlanders. The Portuguese attacker spoke to indiansuperleague.com before the game and shared his thoughts on the season so far as well as the upcoming fixture. Here are the excerpts from the interview.

Why did you choose India as your next footballing destination?

I chose India because the football is good. It’s full of attack and I like to attack a lot. Good support, good stadiums and good atmosphere. I chose India because of this.

How has your experience been so far?

I’ve had a top experience. The Indian boys are very good. Like I said, the football is amazing. All the time you feel good because of the good atmosphere.

Coming to the Indian players, who has the potential to make it big according to you?

I don’t look at many players from other teams. But from my team, we have many. Bipin, Ronald, Rupert, Jayesh, they all are very good players. I think India’s future is going to be very strong.

What do you have to say about your love for dribbling and the Rabona that you perform?

I like dribbling, you know. I must continue like this. I cannot play football without these things.

ATK have scored six goals in eight matches. Do you think this is an area of concern for the team?

Look, we work every day for some more goals. With the quality we have, we must have more goals. But like I said, we have many qualities and in the coming games, we are going to score for sure.

You have one goal and an assist so far – how do you rate your performance?

Of course, I want to score more goals and give more assists. But I’m very happy with my performance because I give everything on the field. I must continue like this and the goals will continue for sure.

What do you have to say about NorthEast United, your next opponent?

It’s a good team, a strong team. We play all the games to win because ATK is a big team. We must play all the time with a win-win attitude.