January 23, Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: According to the league’s website, Bengaluru FC (BFC) head coach Gerard Zaragoza voiced his dissatisfaction after the Blues wasted a two-goal lead and ultimately lost to a tenacious Odisha FC (OFC) in their Indian Super League (ISL) match on Wednesday at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium.

Edgar Mendez gave the Blues (BFC) the lead in the tenth minute, and they had a great start to the game. With a spectacular finish three minutes later, captain Sunil Chhetri increased the lead.

Aleksander Jovanovic was sent off for fouling Diego Mauricio, who then scored a penalty in the 29th minute to halve the lead. Before halftime, Bengaluru FC let up another penalty, which Mauricio easily converted, adding to their problems.

In the 50th minute, Jerry Mawihmingthanga gave the visitors the lead. Bengaluru FC, behind by one player, failed to equalize, losing back-to-back games at home for the first time in 782 days.

“We don’t deserve what occurred since it was that sort of game. At the news conference after the game, Zaragoza said, “We definitely don’t deserve it,” as reported by ISL.

“We may have played the finest football of the season in the opening twenty to twenty-five minutes, in my opinion. We even had a chance to score the third goal. “Everything was under control,” he continued.

With Zaragoza adding new legs, the Blues gave it their all in the second half, but the head coach thought that it was insufficient against Odisha FC, who had one player short.

“The message was to be together,” Zaragoza said in response to a question about the team’s halftime speech. They have guys like Boumous and Jahouh who can do anything they want with the ball. Having ten men against Odisha FC isn’t the finest situation, in my opinion, but we need stick together and wait for our opportunity. However, they eventually scored the game-winning goal.

Bengaluru FC had an incredible start to the season, but now they are nine points behind leaders Mohun Bagan SG in the League Shield fight, sitting in third place in the standings. They have now lost three of their past four ISL games.

“No one will be able to stop us until this squad stops making dumb errors. No one, I assure you! According to ISL, he said, “But we need to stop these mistakes.”

“Players from our national team are on the squad. Zaragoza said, “I don’t think I need to explain to them that they need to put their hands behind them inside the box.”