Chennaiyin FC's star striker Elano Blumer today said they would want to win the second editon of Indian Super League and dedicate it to the club fans and the Chennai flood victims.
Chennaiyin FC clash with FC Goa in the final of ISL here tomorrow.
"It is sad what has happened in Chennai due to heavy rain which caused loss of property and lives and we have to shift our home semi-finals to Pune.
"Now we are looking for the win so that we can dedicate it to our Chennaiyin FC fans and the victims, who have backed us from the start," Elano said.
When asked if ISL could be extended to eight months for betterment of Indian football, he said, "We have to think about it as coaches and players are away from their family and it is very difficult to be away from them. For this event, three months is okay.
"If it is for the development of football at least eight months tournament is required."
FC Goa coach Zico gave credit to his boys for reaching the final.
"Now that we have reached the finals we do not want to miss this opportunity to win the title in front of our home crowd who have supported us in good and bad times," stated Zico.
Chennaiyin FC coach Marco Materazzi said there was no doubt that FC Goa will enjoy home advantage.
"We are looking forward to the beautiful game and we will play an entertaining game to win tomorrow," stated Materazzi.
"This year the team that has scored more goals, have reached the semi-finals and I am happy both Chennaiyin FC and FC Goa have made it and both are playing attacking game.
Asked how happy he was about the performance of Indian
players, Molina said, "I think all the Indian players did a great job from the beginning. I was absolutely impressed about them, how they worked. They want to learn, they asked me how to improve their game. That was what impressed me. They are professional players and they have quality. Debjit did a great job. All of them, Pritam Kotal, Lalrindika Ralte, Keegan Pereira, I am absolutely happy. They did a great job."
Asked if he went blank after Jewel Raja scored from the final penalty to hand ATK the victory, Molina said, "No, I don't know. I don't remember what was in my mind. But I was absolutely happy after the final penalty. My family is here. They came here yesterday to watch the match."
Meanwhile, Kerala head coach Steve Coppell expressed his frustration at the scheduling in the lead-up to final.
"We didn't lose, we drew the game. We lost the league on penalties, it's cool and I would like to congratulate Kolkata and the game was even and anybody could have won, and two very tired teams played. From our point of view we played three games in seven days and we had to travel to Delhi when we should not have had to travel to Delhi (for the second semifinal leg)," he said.
Before the final, Coppell had also said that as his side had finished higher (in second place) than Delhi (third place) after the league stage, Kerala should have played their second leg semifinals at home here.
"I don't want to sound like sour grapes because Kolkata have won it. But we should have not had to travel to Delhi and after the game in Delhi we could not get any flights to fly out of Delhi and we had to stay in Delhi for a day and the next day we had to fly back to Kochi.
"Because of air ticket issues we had to split the team in five different groups and the players started flying back at 5 o'clock in the morning and the last players got to the hotel (here) at 8 o'clock at night," said the Englishman who has coached English Premier League sides, including Manchester City.
"(Having all that in mind) I thought my players were fantastic and I can only compliment them on giving so much of themselves in the final match and throughout the league and the Kerala fans made the occasion and on behalf of the players and the support staff I would like to say thank you to the fans and sorry that we could not bring the trophy but it was a great experience.
