Odisha FC have a superb record against Chennaiyin FC at home in the ISL, winning all of their three home meetings against the Marina Machans. Contrastingly, Chennaiyin FC had a middling start to the campaign last year, winning twice and losing thrice in their first five games and would want to get on a strong footing right from the onset in the current campaign.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Head coach Sergio Lobera has been an ISL veteran, ever since coming to India in 2017. He joined Odisha FC last season and made an instant impact. Under the Spanish tactician\u2019s leadership, they reached the ISL semi-finals for the first time, whilst also reaching the Super Cup final.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThis is my sixth season in India and with every season the difficulty keeps on rising. Every year the teams are getting stronger, the league is improving, more foreign players are coming and the level of Indian players is also improving a lot. I feel this will be another amazing season with many strong teams and we hope to compete very well against them,\u201d Lobera told ISL.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Odisha FC goalkeeper Amrinder Singh opened up on the team\u2019s approach towards the season, saying, \u201cOur focus will be on our style of play, on how we want to go about our offensive and defensive game-plans. It\u2019s football, eventually one team will play better than the other, but we are an attacking side and we will like to maintain that game-plan.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was a rocky homecoming for Owen Coyle last season as Chennaiyin FC struggled initially before securing the sixth spot and entering the playoffs. Although they got knocked out following a 2-1 defeat against FC Goa, Coyle will look to build on the positives from last season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cEvery team is chasing silverware this season but if they aren\u2019t then they shouldn\u2019t be in the league. We showed last season how good we are with a strong finish. When coming to Chennaiyin, I knew how difficult it would be but we stuck to our plans and we got better as the league progressed. We know that we can win games and build teams and if we get into the playoffs then any team can win the ISL Cup,\u201d Coyle opined to ISL.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was a rocky homecoming for Owen Coyle last season as Chennaiyin FC struggled initially before securing the sixth spot and entering the playoffs. Although they got knocked out following a 2-1 defeat against FC Goa, Coyle will look to build on the positives from last season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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