ISL 2019-20: Krishna, Paartalu headline Team of the Week

Lenny Rodrigues

Lenny scored his first goal of the season (Credit: ISL)

Lenny Rodrigues was again at the heart of an outstanding FC Goa performance, which saw them beat Mumbai City FC 4-2. Lenny allowed Ahmed Jahouh and Hugo Boumous to pull the strings in midfield, by just doing the dirty work, and enabling those around him to show their flair.

Despite that, it was the experienced midfielder who opened the scoring with a neat finish past Amrinder, to put Goa on their way. Are you watching, Mr. Stimac?

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Erik Paartalu

Paartalu made a significant contribution to Bengaluru's first win of the season (Credit: ISL)

How Bengaluru FC missed Erik Paartalu in their first three games! He came back in, and there just seemed to be a better balance and a better flow to everything that Bengaluru were doing on the pitch.

He opened the scoring in the 14th minute, with a superb header off a Dimas Delgado corner, and that was coming. From the first minute, Paartalu was a threat from set-plays, be it Rahul Bheke's long throws or Dimas' corners.

Chennaiyin paid the price for not marking him strongly enough. They also couldn't get past him in midfield, as he stayed deep and cleaned everything up to allow Dimas and Raphael to move further forward and influence proceedings.

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Raphael Augusto

Raphael Augusto (Credit: ISL)

Against his former club, it was almost a grudge match for Raphael Augusto, and in the end, it is safe to say that the Brazilian came out on top.

With his tricks and flicks galore, he controlled possession in the midfield, drove Benglauru forward, linked really well with Udanta and Sunil Chhetri, and provided a constant goal threat from midfield, even if he didn't manage to find himself on the scoresheet.

He did manage an assist, though, with a beauty of a pass over the top that split Lucian Goian and Eli Sabia, and found the run of Chhetri, who smashed it past Vishal Kaith.