Churchill Brothers SC will face Hong Kong’s Kitchee SC in an 2013 AFC Cup Group E match at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune on Wednesday.

The pre-match press conference took place earlier today and India skipper Sunil Chhetri along with head coach Willy Moraes faced the media for the Goan side.

“We have four points and have a serious chance of qualifying for the next stage if we win the match vs Kitchee SC,” Sunil told. “We are still struggling with injuries, but the AFC Cup is very important to us. Players getting injured is part of the game.”

“I’m very happy to be in this team. We have an outstanding unit out here. This team stands united and life has been pretty good at Churchill Brothers,” the India star continued.

“The pitch is great and we are extremely happy with the support that we have got here in Pune,” he added.

Churchill’s head coach Willy Moraes told: “We do have a lot of injuries i.e. Beto, Tomba Singh, Bikramjit Singh and Felix D’Souza. But this team is raring to go and we are confident of gaining three points from tomorrows match.”

“Yes, we did lose our previous game to Kitchee however this is a different ball game since the kick off is at 3pm and our team has got better since the last match.”

Kitchee’s head coach Josep Gombau is focused on the game and he knows about the importance of the match. “Tomorrow is a very important match, the difference between Churchill Brothers and Kitchee is only one point,” said Gombau.

“We will try to play are normal passing game,” he continued. “Churchill is a team that is doing well and are very strong. Even if we get a point here, if we win the next match we can qualify for the next stage.”