Lalrindika Ralte was a disappointed man after Mumbai City FC went down 2-0 to FC Pune City away on Wednesday night. The Mizo midfielder, who is blessed with a wicked left footed shot, came on as a first half substitute for left back Peter Costa but despite his best efforts, he could not help his depleted team, lacking several of their icon foreign players, to reverse the final verdict.Dika’ or ‘Didika’, as he is popularly called, has 12 caps for India and told indiansuperleague.com after the game that his side his were mathematically not out of the qualification race and would try their best in the next matches to make the cut.“We still have an opportunity, in the next match, which is a home match against Kolkata. If we win that match we’re going to go all out to qualify for the playoffs,” Didika declared.Asked what he felt about today’s game in which the home side did most of the attacking, the 22-year-old player replied, “We had a good game today, but unfortunately, we haven’t got a result since the last two matches. We will try our best in the next two matches and get the points.” Didika said that rival goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya’s penalty save off Tiago Ribeiro’s effort in the 51st minute, was the defining moment of the match as the visitors could have taken the lead and the match could have ended differently. “He saved the penalty and saved his team, he did a very good job, that’s why his team won,” he observed.
