Atlético de Kolkata head coach Jose Molina is targeting a win when they take on FC Pune City at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium in Balewadi on Sunday. ATK, who beat NorthEast United FC 2-1 in their last game, are presently in the top half of the table with 12 points from seven matches and will look to provide a big boost to their semi-final chances with another victory on Sunday.This will also be the first time that Molina will face former ATK head coach Antonio Habas, who is charge of the Stallions this season. Speaking to the media on Friday, Molina though didn’t lay much emphasis on that fact. “To me this is just one match. Some of my players know Antonio and he knows my players. But that’s football, each match is different. I’m not worried about that, and I am not thinking about that. My job is to motivate my players to win. Doesn’t matter who is in front of us, which team or coach or which players. It is the same for us. My players know what they need to do on the pitch and that’s how I am working with them.“I am trying to give them confidence to work hard and try to play the way we want. There are a few things we can improve on and I am sure my players will work hard and achieve the victory.”Continuing on the Habas topic, Molina added: “When you go to a new club, you are always replacing someone who has gone. That’s football. Antonio was a successful coach with ATK, he is a great coach and he did a good job. I respect him a lot but now I am here and it is my job to do my best with my team. And I’m sure he will do the best for his team, Pune.”ATK have three wins, three draws and a loss so far but they have been more successful playing away, taking seven points in all. When asked if that factor could prove to be important on Sunday, Molina said: “To me, a football match is a football match. It doesn’t matter where you are going to play. The home match and the away match are the same. We try to do the same in the same way with the same mindset and do our job. Sometimes maybe, you get more points away. You may not be playing better but you may get the points. To me, every match is the same. All I want to do is to win.”“If we win, it will surely help in our journey to the semi-finals. But we have six more matches to play. The job will not be done even after a win tomorrow. Our objective is to achieve the three points tomorrow and if we do that, obviously we will be closer towards our goal of qualifying.”46-year-old Molina also dismissed a suggestion that the match may take on an aggressive tinge since Pune City were desperate to leave the bottom of the table. “To me, it is not to play offensive or defensive. We are going to play football. When we have the ball, we will be offensive. When we don’t have the ball, we will try to be a very good defensive team…When we enter a pitch, our only focus is on winning. When we have to adapt and play defensively or offensively, we will do that or whatever it takes to win.”Commenting on the fitness status of this team, Molina said: “[Helder] Postiga trained today and is ready for selection tomorrow. Bikash Jairu is injured and Keegan [Pereira] is away with Bengaluru FC.”
