ISL 2022-23: Chennaiyin FC vs NorthEast United Highlights

7:00 PM: Hello everyone and welcome to Khel Now’s LIVE COVERAGE of the Chennaiyin FC vs NorthEast United match in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23. The kick-off is just half an hour away! I’m your host Aishwarya Chakraborty, and I’ll be keeping you company through what promises a fascinating evening of football. Please wait for 30 Seconds for the Live blog to load.

Chennaiyin FC vs NorthEast United: Build-up

Chennaiyin FC will square off against NorthEast United FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in an essential dead rubber on Friday. The Marina Machans, placed eighth, can only get up to 27 points with a victory in this game. Which will still be three less than the sixth-placed Odisha FC’s tally of 30 after 20 matches. On the other hand, The Highlanders are still stuck at five points after 19 games. They can at best hope to round off the campaign on a positive note after an entirely disappointing campaign altogether.

Chennaiyin have been pretty inconsistent throughout the season, failing to secure victories in tightly-contested encounters. Most probably, there is nothing much to play for in this game other than head coach Thomas Brdaric trying out some youngsters by handing them some much-deserved playing time. Chennaiyin will hope that the final game of the season against NorthEast United is an appropriate culmination of the efforts that they have put in throughout the last 19 games.

The Highlanders had sparked hopes of a turnaround after appointing Vincenzo Alberto Annese. He became the head coach midway through the year. However, their troubles continued even beyond that point as the club stares at the conclusion of its most unsuccessful campaign in the league so far. Lack of quality players coupled with the incapability to click together as a unit has seen NorthEast United being rolled over by pretty much every other opposition this season.