Sitting here in Kolkata enjoying a day off has given me chance to add up the miles of this years Indian Super League schedule. With only two flights and 3 games left in the league programme the mileage after the last league game in Mumbai will be approximately 23,000 miles of internal flights. After that last game in Mumbai there will be two semi finals to get to, whichever teams qualify and I think that Mumbai, who are confirmed, will be joined by Atletico de Kolkata, Delhi and Kerala. That is if my predictions come through! The team that then finishes in 1st place will play the 4th placed team and 2nd will play third with the first leg played at the venue of the team finishing in the lower position. We will be doing the 2nd semi final, first and second leg. Now it just depends on how the teams are placed after the last league game which decides our next movements.
Goa, with two games left, are already out and now not able to qualify for a top 4 place and the same applies to Chennaiyin. Pune are struggling and need to win their last two games whilst North East United also need to win both their remaining games. Kerala are my bet to take that 4 spot but it could go down to the last game of the season between Kerala and NE Utd, in Kerala. What an atmosphere that will be with potentially a full house of 65,000. The stadium actually shakes when it is that full, which can be a bit worrying and the final itself this year is at Kerala on the 18th December. The last few weeks have gone past really quickly, 13 games in the month of November, and the goals have been flying in. Let's hope it stay that way through to the end.
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AuthorRussell Osman is a former England & Ipswich Footballer, 4 Handicap Golfer and Father of 3. Archives
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