ISL, Jamshedpur FC vs Chennaiyin preview: Owen Coyle eyes winning start against former club

Every now and then, in football, fans would find a player or a coach they were cheering on not so long ago wearing colours of the opposing team. On Tuesday, Chennaiyin fans will find not one, but three of their former heroes in the opposing dugout when their team takes on Jamshedpur FC in the Indian Super League Season 7 at the Tilak Maidan Stadium here.

Owen Coyle was the mastermind behind last season's stunning recovery that saw Chennaiyin go from rock bottom to within a game of the ISL title. But over the summer, he made the decision to sign for Jamshedpur FC, taking along with him last season's joint top-scorer and golden boot winner Nerijus Valskis. Also joining Coyle was Mizo defender Laldinliana Renthlei, who wore Chennaiyin's blue for a couple of seasons.

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Coyle, no doubt, knows the players that he left behind really well, but the Scot doesn't believe that's an advantage. "Obviously, we know their strengths," he said. "But I've always felt that when you come up against your old team, players who have played for you before, they want to show you they're still the top players that you believed they were. So we'll be very respectful of them."