Chennaiyin FC were excellent in terms of their tactics against NorthEast FC (Images courtesy: ISL)
#5 Marco Materazzi's tactics were on point
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The Italian was spot on with his tactics (Images courtesy: ISL)
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We saw Chennai's Italian manager making some bold decisions with his team selection against NorthEast United, but now we know that it was all part of his well-worked plan. The 43-year-old's tactics and strategies saw his team outclassing the league table toppers.
One of the major changes the former Inter Milan player made to his last week's winning team was bringing in Bernard Mendy for John Arne Riise and the French defender was one of the best players on the night. Materazzi also decided to start Siam Hanghal and Maurizio Peluso, who were also very good on the night.
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The Chennai defence gave NorthEast's man in form Emiliano Alfaro very tough treatment and that seemed as if it was one of Materazzi's ploys to disrupt the home side’s game. The former Italy International has experience dealing with top strikers and this experience of his has come to his aid during his managerial career too.
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