Eelco Schattorie was a disappointed man after NorthEast United allowed Chennaiyin to make a comeback and win the match 2-1 to seal a semi-final berth. The head coach feels that a break from competitive football harmed the rhythm of his team and hence the loss.
"We started the first ten minutes really well. We scored a good goal from a corner. But, the last game we played was on the 11th of last month. We did not have any games in between and that was the biggest problem which I had known. In all my training sessions, I had 14-15 players available so I could not play 11 vs 11 and we lost rhythm.