#4 The Kochi crowd
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If Kerala are to win the league, they will have to play two of the three games at home, in front of their adoring fans – the inspiring Manjappada. Attendances in Kochi have regularly touched 60,000 and Coppell’s men will need every bit of the support their fans give them.
It is a huge boost in confidence for the players that the fans turn up in such large numbers and hours in advance of the game. In most games at Kochi this season, the stadium has been filled an hour or two before kickoff making it a wonderful atmosphere for the players to come into.
There is no doubt who the fans will be behind throughout the knockout stages as their team will be in action and very much in with a chance of winning the tournament. The ‘Sea of Yellow’ in Kochi will be louder than it ever has. Kerala have made the semifinal once before and beat Chennaiyin 3-0 in the first leg at home. How they would love a repeat against Zambrotta’s Delhi!
