Always said Brison is best I’ve trained in India, now he’s a real player: Manolo Marquez

Panaji: The question was expected and Manolo Marquez had a ready answer.
Asked for his opinion on Brison Fernandes, the first Indian player to score a brace in consecutive matches in the Indian Super League (ISL), the FC Goa coach asked reporters to refer to his press conferences from last season.
“The best Indian player that I trained in my four seasons (here in India), this was my sentence during press conferences (last season),” Manolo said after the 4-2 win against Odisha FC in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. “But why was he not playing (regularly). Because the coach is bad? Or because now he’s a top professional. Brison is now a real player.
“He’s taking care of rest, food, and entering the pitch knowing perfectly what he has to do in attack, in defence. Football is not only in attack. Previously, we were expecting that Brison will receive the ball and can do something. Now he’s scoring goals and (also) working a lot for the team. I am very, very happy because he's a great guy, and I think that everyone in Goa can be very satisfied with him.”
Goa secured an important win against Odisha, their sixth in the last seven matches. That his side could win against Sergio Lobera’s, who have maintained an impressive home record in Bhubaneswar, Manolo was pleased with the result.
“I think it's the second defeat in the last two seasons, only Chennaiyin FC were able to win here. I feel that we didn't play a very good first half, it was very equal, similar, but it's the second goal, Udanta (Singh) finished in the first half, and the third goal, when they were trying to equalise the game. I think the third goal practically killed the game, because we scored the fourth and we could score more goals, but it's normal (to concede). When you are losing, you have to risk,” said Manolo.
Goa face Hyderabad at home in their next match on Jan 8. With 25 points from 13 matches, they are third on the table, seven points behind leaders Mohun Bagan Super Giant.