ISL 2018-19: Pune City 0-2 NorthEast United – Hits and Flops as the Highlanders climbed to second on the league table

Hit: Federico Gallego (NorthEast United)

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It is said that Federico Gallego is the heart and spine of this team. The main reason behind NorthEast’s domination this season is the Uruguayan’s inspiring performance in almost every match. Such is his impact that in almost every game, there needs to be certain paragraph reserved for this midfielder.

Against Pune, Gallego started in his usual approach and drifted positions with Juan Mascia quite often to confuse the rival players. He is using this trick for the last few matches and no one so far was able to control the Uruguayan from making his movement.

He is given the license by the coach Eelco Schattorie to roam anywhere on the field and he did exactly that against Pune. He went down to make clearances, moved up to make crosses and guided the ball on the middle of the pitch. Basically he did what he wanted to. Pune players haven’t got the answer on how to stop him. He deservedly took away the man of the match award.