ISL 2020-21 | My boys will show character on the pitch tomorrow, asserts Stuart Baxter
Odisha FC head coach Stuart Baxter has asserted that his players are going to show character when they take the field on Sunday evening against Mumbai City FC, at the GMC Stadium, in Bambolin. Odisha FC are yet to register their first win, having lost two and split points in the remaining one.
Odisha FC is all set to take on Mumbai City FC tomorrow at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim in their fourth game of the ongoing seventh edition of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL). The Bhubaneswar-based club had a great run against the Islanders last season as they defeated them both in their home and away games. Even the first win of the previous season had come against MCFC, then coached by Jorge Costa, in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, things have changed a lot for both the teams after that and in the pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game, Odisha Head Coach Stuart Baxter has also stated that past records will not have any impact when the two teams will face each other tomorrow. He also asserted that the Odisha FC boys will show their character when they come to the field tomorrow.
“What’s happened before last year is not really relevant now. It’s a different coach, a different team and there are different players. We also have different players, different coach so it’s a completely different fixture. History will not have any bearing on this game but we hope that when we get the full team on the field we can give a good game,” Coach Baxter said while answering the queries from the media.
When asked about their performance and playing style in the first three games, he replied, "The final third is about flank play, finishing and combination plays and we have been working on those. Our possession has not been of the best quality. We don't get enough bodies into the box for crosses or make runs around the box to move defenders for combination play.
"The possession has been better and when it is better, we will get the number of players forward that we need. We will start translating them into goals."
“If you looked at the ATK Mohun Bagan game what we needed was just a little bit of luck. We played well enough. We did enough to get a good result. If we didn't win at least, we should have got a 0-0. We did not get it and there are reasons for that. But we have got to translate those periods where we are better than our opponents. We have to translate those into strikes on goal and doing the things to win games of football. My boys will show their character when they step on the pitch tomorrow,” the 67-year-old gaffer further added.
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