With the Indian Super League season well into the business end, most teams are firming up plans to secure a top-four spot. However, for Od...
With the Indian Super League season well into the business end, most teams are firming up plans to secure a top-four spot. However, for Odisha FC coach Stuart Baxter, this looks a distant dream.
His side is rooted to the bottom of the table with just eight points, 13 behind the fourth-placed team. And as they prepare to take on Jamshedpur FC at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim on Monday, the path, rather than the destination, is what matters for Baxter.
“We are not talking about the play-offs till about two to three weeks. We’re talking about getting to the next game. And hopefully, we will get a victory – that’s what we have been trying to do since the season started,” Baxter said.
The Kalinga Warriors have won just one game and have lost seven, managing just one clean sheet in this edition. But they did record two draws in the last two encounters against better teams.
Baxter urged his side to step up and turn the things around. “At the moment, we need to start (turning) those good performances that ended in a draw to good performances that result in a win,” he said.
The last time the two teams clashed, they split points in a four-goal thriller. Baxter anticipates...
