ISL 2018-19, Mumbai City 1-0 Bengaluru FC: Hits and Flops from the game

#3 Hit: Paulo Machado

The trademark Machado celebration

Football is a lot about captains, they say. In this famous victory where we knew Mumbai would have to play out of their skins in order to mold a shut-out, it was also important to take their chances.

The hosts stuck to their game plan and with all credit to the midfielder, they drew first blood and eventually, held on to win the game. To have the presence of mind to turn around and keep on running, first of all, was absolutely magnificent.

That was just job half done. Machado kept running, received the ball, injected pace into his run and looked across to see Sougou. But, he took it upon himself and beat the usually unbreakable frame of Gurpreet Singh.

More over, the skipper infused a lot of energy and worked his socks off. He was very safe with his passing and intelligent with the way he chose his occasion to shift from midfield to attack. Defensively as well, the Portuguese was astute.