Odisha FC gamers have a good time after beating Bengaluru FC 2-1 within the Super Cup closing on April 25, 2023

The man with the ISL’s golden boot struck twice inside an area of quarter-hour to steer Odisha FC to its biggest second. The two objectives within the opening half from Diego Mauricio gave Odisha the Super Cup on an unusually moist Tuesday night time. Odisha gained the ultimate in opposition to Bengaluru FC 2-1 and thus its first trophy.

While it was the first-ever closing for Odisha, it was the third of the season for Bengaluru. For Simon Grayson’s boys, it proved the second defeat in a closing in as many months; they'd misplaced the ISL closing to ATK Mohun Bagan in a shootout.

Odisha’s magnificent 4 up entrance — Mauricio, Nandhakumar, Victor Rodriguez and Jerry Mawihmingthanga — have been anticipated to trigger complications to the formidable Bengaluru defence, and so they did.

The first purpose got here extra off a stunning piece of goalkeeping from the usually reliable Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who was the player-of-the-match within the semifinal in opposition to Jamshedpur FC. He made a multitude of the free-kick from Mauricio and watched in agony the ball going previous the goalline.

Soon Mauricio doubled the lead for Bengaluru, as he slotted the ball residence off a fantastic header from Jerry, who had been given a wonderful cross by Rodriguez. Bengaluru started the second half with 4 modifications and Sunil Chhetri’s purpose from the penalty spot – Sivasakthi Narayanan was fouled by Aniket Jadhav – late into the match gave the crew some hope. But this night time belonged to the Odisha coach Clifford Miranda and his boys.

The consequence: Odisha FC (Diego Mauricio 23 and 38) 2 bt Bengaluru FC 1 (Sunil Chhetri 85).