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CARLES CUADRAT Good evening, Bengaluru striker in Deshorn Brown who will be joining the team soon. The injury to Manu We’ve stepped into a brand new year and at has seen him miss seven games now and the outset I’d like to wish nothing but the we had to exercise the option to make our best, for whatever 2020 has in store for you. seventh foreign signing. Deshorn comes to For all of us associated with this football us in the middle of the season, but I am club, a trophy or two at the end of the confident he will get used to the conditions season is all that’s on our wish list! rather quickly, and help us during a very crucial period in the season. We didn’t end the year on the note that we would have liked to, going down narrowly to January is a packed with games for us, but ATK in a game of fine margins last week. the good news is that four of our five games But today presents us with a clean slate this month are at the Fortress. We’ve relied and an opportunity to pick all points. I’d like on the strength the stadium and all of you to welcome Sergio Lobera and his staff at provide us with, through all these seasons, FC Goa to Bengaluru. There has rarely been to get through some tough times. And we a dull moment whenever the two sides have will be looking for that push once again. We played each other, and it’s little wonder will be counting on you to back us in big this fixture is watched keenly throughout numbers and a loud voice. You can trust us the country. to give everything we have, every single time we take the pitch. Goa are leading the points table and are on a good run of form that has seen them win Love, four games on the spin. We have our task Carles cut out for us, and will have to be clinical with our chances and mentally strong tonight. We are doing enough to create opportunities, now it’s just down to scoring goals. This is as simply as I can put it. Speaking about goals, we’ve signed a new PREVIEW MOMENTUM WITH THE VISITORS FC Goa have been on an impressive run of four consecutive wins that LAST has put them on top of the table, and Bengaluru will have to turn up MEETING with something special to halt the march of the Gaurs. Sergio Lobera’s men have been their free scoring selves and will be keen to further open a gap in the standings. Goa’s talismanic striker, Ferran GOA 1 Corominas 90+3’ (P) Corominas has scored seven goals so far this season and everything seems to be going right for the visitors. Bengaluru, however, has BFC 1 Udanta 62’ had a stranglehold on Goa when it comes to a head-to-head record, winning four games and drawing once across the six meetings 28 Oct, 2019 between the sides. ISL Group Stage CONVERSION, THE MANTRA Bengaluru have been unusually shy in front of goal this season and while a lot of it has to do with the lack of a No.9 in the absence of an injured Manu Onwu, the truth is the Blues haven’t been putting away the numerous chances they have been creating. Sunil Chhetri, Udanta Singh and Ashique Kuruniyan will have to dig deeper and make all the chances count. THE KEY LIES IN THE MIDDLE While most of the drama takes place on either of the pitch, it’s the battle in the midfield that will play a crucial role in determining the outcome of the game. Bengaluru have relied on Erik Paartalu’s presence, Dimas Delgado’s experience and Raphael Augusto’s guile to get things going. Goa, meanwhile, have turned to Ahmed Jahouh, Lenny Rodrigues and Hugo Boumous to deliver the goods. Between the six of them, there’s enough talent, experience and grit to churn out an engaging 90 minutes. 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A little ahead is a long one. • Inform: If you see a wild include 104 National Parks, over 100 years later, an animal in distress, inform 551 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 88 Indian tiger census A recent study showed that the local wildlife authorities Conservation Reserves and conducted in 2008 revealed Karnataka, with its various and make sure that they are 127 Community Reserves. the existence of only 1,411 wildlife reserves and relocated and sent back into and resources for the In total, these cover a tigers within the country. A forests, is home to over 500 How you can help a safe habitat. preservation and protection While there is little that can geographical area of century of poaching and tigers. This accounts for of animals that are on the be done in the larger 1,65,088.57 square hunting saw 96.5% of all the 12.6% of all the tigers in brink of extinction. scheme of things, spreading kilometres; roughly 5.02% tigers disappear from the world. The State has five Tiger Reserves - Bandipur, awareness about the of the country. It still forests, and though recent A United Nations report Bhadra, Nagarahole, importance of wildlife and isn’t enough. assessing global Dandeli-Anshi and BRT their conservation can go a biodiversity estimated that India houses the largest Tiger Reserves. India’s tiger long way. Tonight's edition of 1 million species worldwide population of tigers in the population accounts for Blueprint features club could face extinction. • Volunteer: If you don’t world. Despite increasing captain Sunil Chhetri, more than all other have money to give, donate spreading the message of man-animal conflict, due to countries combined, which Yet, because resources are your time. 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FOR THE PLANET • Buy responsibly: By not buying products made from endangered animals or those that are tested on animals, you can stop wildlife trafficking and poaching from being a profitable enterprise. • Reduce, Reuse and Re-cycle: Trash is not just ugly, it’s harmful. Marine life, in particular, is vastly affected by the plastic disposed into the sea. Do your part by being responsible with your s of 2019, there are estimate of the tiger numbers show slow waste. 870 Protected Areas population in India placed improvement, the road in India. These the figure at 40,000. A little ahead is a long one. • Inform: If you see a wild include 104 National Parks, over 100 years later, an animal in distress, inform 551 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 88 Indian tiger census A recent study showed that the local wildlife authorities Conservation Reserves and conducted in 2008 revealed Karnataka, with its various and make sure that they are 127 Community Reserves. the existence of only 1,411 wildlife reserves and relocated and sent back into and resources for the In total, these cover a tigers within the country. A forests, is home to over 500 How you can help a safe habitat. preservation and protection While there is little that can geographical area of century of poaching and tigers.