Calcutta, April 24: A senior Mohun Bagan official on Saturday said that releasing the Brazilian striker Marcos Parreira was a wrong step and blamed it on coach Aloke Mukherjee.

“Aloke told me Marcos was not wanted. I listened to him but it’s now clear that it was a wrong move,” the official commented.

Both Marcos and Robson joined Vasco SC thereafter and the Brazilian striker hit a hattrick in his team’s 5-1 victory over Mohun Bagan on April 13.

Aloke, who stopped supervising the team since Subrata Bhattacharya’s induction as the team’s technical director following that loss, could not be contacted.

Meanwhile, East Bengal will take on Churchill Brothers in their penultimate round match in Goa on May 9.

FIXTURES: May 2: Indian Bank vs Salgaocar (Chennai); Sporting vs Dempo (Goa). May 3: Bagan vs Churchill Brothers (Calcutta). May 4: Tollygunge vs Vasco (Calcutta). May 5: Sporting vs Md. Sp. (Goa). May 6: Salgaocar vs JCT (Goa). May 8: Vasco vs Md. Sp. (Goa). May 9: Churchill vs EB (Goa). May 10: JCT vs Mahindra United (Ludhiana). May 11: Indian Bank vs Bagan (Chennai). May 12/13: Sporting vs EB (Goa). May 13: Mahindra United vs Tollygunge (Mumbai). May 12/13: Dempo vs Md. Sp. (Goa).