AFC President’s Cup – Manang Marsyangdi vs Erchim FC Analysis

Manang Marsynagdi Club and Erchim FC both secured spot in AFC President’s cup final round, the battle will be to qualify as the group winners. 

Red Bull Martyr’s memorial A division league winners Laxmi Hyundai Manang Marsynagdi club started their campaign with a cherished 6-3 victory over the Cambodian league champions Svay Rieng. In the similar fashion, the home side Erchim FC registered comfortable 3-1 victory over the same side.

The battle will be between the two undefeated sides as the group winners will be confirmed through the last match of the group.

Deepak Rai scored twice in the first match and remains joint top scorer with Erchim’s Soyol-Erdene Gal-Erdene in the tournament so far and the Nepalese International will look for score to claim the sole name in the honor.

Sulav Maskey, Aziz Saheed and Nirajan Malla scored a piece for MMC in the first match against Svay Rieng.

Erchim FC faced a 2-0 defeat when they last played their trade against a Nepalese club. Dodod and Femi scored a piece in Three Star’s club victory in home soil. However, the scenario has been different this time as Erchim play in their freezing venue. Manang Marsyangdi Club could feel some trouble to get themselves to their highest caliber in such freezing temperature.

MMC Predicted Line up – Bishal ; Biraj, Peter, Sagar, Azeez; Shiva, Sujal, Sulav, Bishal; Anil, Deepak

MMC training ahead of AFC president’s cup 2014

Manang Marsyangdi club lacks a depth in their squad as they travelled with just six substitutes out of which two remains the substitute keepers. With just a two full back, one striker and two midfielders in the bench, they lack the presence of a central defenders in the bench.