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#1 Minerva Punjab proving tough to break down
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The defending champions won the league last season as they scored 24 goals and conceded only 16 goals in 18 matches, letting in less than 1 goal per match.
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While they had to part with some of their best defenders from last season's success with the duo of Sukhdev Singh and Abhishek Ambedkar poached away by giants Mohun Bagan. New signings like Lacine Toure have ensured that the side from Punjab remains tight at back this season as well.
The management duo of Sachin Badhade and Paul Munster have ensured that they are tough to break down even this season as they have only conceded 5 goals in the first 8 matches of the season maintaining the lofty standards they set last season.
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Edited by Kishan Prasad
