#2 The clear difference between Marcos Tebar and Mehtab Hussain
Mehtab Hussain, a name in many famous Indian footballing stories, is slowly but steadily, on the wane. The central defensive midfielder is being a shield to his defence and is playing as a third central defender, just sitting above the pair of Cedric Hengbart and Sandesh Jhingan. The player made no telling or even, debatable contributions in attack and almost all of his passes were in his own half, except for the set-pieces, throughout the game.
Marcos Tebar, on the other hand, is the deep-lying playmaker for this Delhi Dynamos team. With Milan Singh operating slightly ahead of him, the Spanish wizard operates from a position similar to that of Mehtab, but in a completely opposite way. Marcos never tackles hard but never backs off from one. All of his passes are forward, and some of them even finding players in the final third. The player had a 92% passing accuracy last game and seemed to be in a zone of himself in this match too.
Always finding space for himself to operate, Marcos doesn’t just break opposition plays, he also looks to convert defence into attack, and that is what is missing from Mehtab’s, and thus, Kerala’s, game. Steve Coppell would need to look into this facet of his team’s game soon to ensure they don’t end up like last season.
