As per reports, kbfc set to sack their head coach Eelco, as the newly appointed director has new plans for the club. According Rumors, Kibu Vicuna is all set to take charge of Kerala Blasters. Kibu Vicuna won I League with Mohun Bagan this season. But due to ATK-Mohun Bagan merger, Only one of the Antonio Habas and Kibu Vicuna could continue and the management choosed Antonio Lopez Habas.
Both Kibu Vicuna and Eelco Schattorie prefer possession based Football. When it comes to Possession, only handful amount of Indian teams have kept it more than Kerala Blasters. Meanwhile on the other hand, Kibu Vicuna’s Mohun Bagan have kept more possession than any other I League club. Both Coaches prefer 4-2-3-1. Although Eelco played 2 strikers upfront this season.
Before joining ISL Clubs, Eelco previously had stints with Al Ettifaq, East Bengal, Prayag United, Redbull Ghana, Fanja etc. He joined Northeast United in 2018. They finished 4th that season. He moved to Kerala Blasters next season but couldn’t repeat the same. They finished 7th. He had 1.06 points per match at Kerala Blasters.
On the other hand, Kibu Vicuna joined Mohun Bagan this season and they are on the top of the league and are champions mathematically. Kibu worked as assistant coach of Jan Urban previously. Then he was head coach of Slask Wroclaw, Trakai, Wisla Plock before joining the Mariners. He has 2.43 points per match at Mohun Bagan.
Under Eelco Schattorrie, Kerala Blasters scored 29 Goals (1.61 Goals scored per match) and conceded 32 (1.78 Goals conceded per match) in 18 matches. Kerala Blasters won 4 matches under him, losing 7 and drawing 7. Eelco had winning percentage of 22%. Eelco used 24 players at Kerala Blasters.
Mohun Bagan are unstoppable under Kibu Vicuna having scored 35 Goals (2.10 Goals scored per match) and conceding only 13 (0.81 Goals conceded per match) in 16 matches. They won 12 matches, drew 3 and lost only one. That match was against Churchill Brothers where they lost 2-4. Kibu has a winning percentage of 76%. He used 29 players.
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Kibu used his fullbacks and creative midfielders very well in Mohun Bagan. Youngsters like SK Sahil, Nongdamba Naorem have stepped up under Kibu. Beitia, Diawara, Fran Morante and Gonzalez are the forigners who created a major impact. Suhair VP and Ashutosh Mehta had a brilliant season too.
Eelco’s Kerala was heavily dependent on Ogbeche and Messi Bouli. Kerala Blasters were keeping the possession during the matches but were lacking in penetrating the opposition defense. Kerala Blasters had unstable defense throughout the season. Sandesh Jhingan was out for the whole season. Players like Sahal, Samuela weren’t able to showcase their talent on the field under Eelco.
Kerala Blasters have quality young players. Kibu knows how to mold youngsters. Kerala Blasters have retained Ogbeche. It will be interesting to see which Mohun Bagan players come to Kerala Blasters along with Kibu.