MUMBAI: Stirred by the fond memories of their historic debut appearance in the AFC Champions League last year, Des Buckingham’s Mumbai City are eager to return to Asian club football’s most elite competition next season. To get there though, they must first win a one-off qualifier against Jamshedpur, set to take place in Manjeri, Kerala on Tuesday, a team that, Buckingham admitted, caused the Islanders problems in their two meetings over the course of the just concluded Indian Super League season.
“Jamshedpur are a good team. They showed that throughout the year, they certainly showed it against us twice,” the English coach told reporters during a virtual press briefing on Sunday.
