‌Kalinga Super Cup 2024 | Twitter reacts after Bengaluru FC coach and referee indulge in verbal fight

01/12/2024

Odisha FC faced Bengaluru FC in their first encounter of the Kalinga Super Cup on Friday at the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar. However, after taking the lead in the first half of the game, the BFC coach seemed miffed with the decisions of the referee and a huge verbal fight ensued between them.

In the first game of the juggernauts of the Kalinga Super Cup, there was high drama after the first half of the game. Although Bengaluru FC gave a good fight by creating several chances throughout the first half, Odisha FC got the lead due to a major error by goalkeeper Sahil Poonia. Odisha FC forward Ahmed Jahouh took the free-kick from just outside the box, thanks to a foul and a yellow card challenge by Naorem Roshan Singh. Poonia committed a major blunder by jumping in front, only for the kick from Ahmed Jahouh to turn and reach inside the goalpost.

Although Bengaluru FC kept pressing after conceding the goal, they could not convert the chances that they got. Odisha committed major fouls, with Jerry Lalrinzuala and Jaouh earning yellow cards. Ryan Willimas was shown a red card just before the first half for his challenge. Just after the first-half whistle, Gerard Zaragoza seemed extremely dissatisfied with the decisions of the referees and a verbal battle ensued. While the coach started having an argument with the match official, it later turned into a verbal fight with the referee of the match. Fortunately, the coach was not shown a card and was asked to get back to the dugout after a huge verbal encounter on the pitch. Several players also joined in, but the referees calmed the situation at the end of it.

Twitterati reacted after the verbal encounter on the pitch.

It does speaks!

Money Speaks 💰💸🤑#KalingaSuperCup #OFCBFC pic.twitter.com/AB87mUanyo
— Berlin ⚡ (@BerlinAkaAndres) January 12, 2024

Over hyped

Over-hyped signing by BFC this season..

Williams - Hot Head

Narzary - No Head #OFCBFC
— Cheesy Nachos (@CheesedipNachos) January 12, 2024

Right Channel

Someone please tell me what and where is this new position "Right Channel"?

#AmaTeamAmaGame #OFCBFC
— Jitendra Mahapatra (@JitMahapatra1) January 12, 2024

Fight game

Just tuned in to BFC vs OFC game. Missed the entire 1st half. What is the whole fight about ?#BFCOFC #OFCBFC #KalingaSuperCup #Indianfootball
— Shivam Agarwal (@ShivamA09) January 12, 2024

Straight RED!

Did the ref showed Red Card to Gerard ?#WeAreBFC #KalingaSuperCup #OFCBFC
— Ananthi Shrinivasan (@ananthiShriniv1) January 12, 2024

Rigged

This #KalingaSuperCup is Rigged for Odisha 💔

Within Half-Time,We had 3-4 Such Incorrect Calls from Referee, Including the Yellow on Roshan.

Won't be Surprised if a Goal is Disallowed heading into 2nd Half.

Siva looking Good Today.#WeAreBFC #OFCBFC #IndianFootball https://t.co/vuLJ679M2Q
— Vivek | বিবেক 🇮🇳 (@YoursTrulyVivid) January 12, 2024

It won't

Shutting down the mouths by cards and suspensions won't improve the quality of refereeing. 😡 #OFCBFC #KalingaSuperCup #Indianfootball #ISL
— Jobin Vargheese (@VargheeseJobin) January 12, 2024

Trash

Gerard Zaragoza going to trash one of the referee's today 😌#OFCBFC #KalingaSuperCup pic.twitter.com/aXndJLCC6J
— Kevin (@kevbmat) January 12, 2024

Drama

Half Time Drama and I'm all here for it 😎🍿.I wanna see em biriyani Bois crying about refereeing post match.#OFCBFC #ISL #KBFC
— Viy (@Viyshnuw) January 12, 2024

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