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#2 Carlos Marchena
Carlos Marchena in a lot of ways summed up the second ISL season for Kerala Blasters. Last year’s finalists recruited the former Villareal defender to add more steel to their defense alongside Sandesh Jhinghan, but the Spaniard unfortunately couldn’t do much this season and had to return back home halfway through the season.
Marchena suffered an injury a week before the ISL kicked off and returned for the game against Delhi Dynamos, where the side from the south were beaten.
The 36-year old did not play any further part in the competition and had to pack his bags days after head coach Peter Taylor was sacked. While personal reasons were sighted for his departure, the World Cup winners failure to recover and recurring injuries looked to be a key reason for his depressing short visit to India.
