Between East Bengal's previous tilt at Super Cup glory six years ago and the current one, a dream dashed and a new one taking shape in red and gold hue, Carles Cuadrat has had a strange common link.
Back in 2018, he was assistant to Albert Roca when Bengaluru FC subdued East Bengal 4-1 in the final to win the tournament, which came into being as the replacement of Federation Cup. For Cuadrat, "it was another moment in another time," but when the Spanish coach will enter the same Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Sunday, now in charge of the red-and-gold brigade, the stakes will be higher for him.
