#4 Sandip Nandy
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The 41-year old is an enigma in every sense of the word. And in one night in Delhi in the second leg of the semifinal, he proved why. He was at fault for both of Delhi’s goals in regulation time, as he came off his line when he would have been better advised to stay between his sticks and deal with the danger.
But, he more than made up for those gaffes. He pulled off some very good saves from Florent Malouda, Ruben Rocha and Memo, to ensure that the game did go into extra-time. The save from Malouda, in particular, was brilliant. It was a stinging left-footed shot from the Frenchman and Nandy saw it late, but he got down low to his right to push the ball well away from danger.
Nandy has played 10 games for Kerala this and has conceded seven goals, keeping four clean sheets in the process. He has ensured that Kerala haven't had to turn to Graham Stack, meaning that they have had one more foreigner’s slot to play in the outfield positions.
The shot-stopper is prone to his moments of madness, moments where you think how is this man a professional goalkeeper, but those are few and far between and it is the moments when he is an experienced goalkeeper that show his real class, calming the nerves of those in front of him.
