Intense clash expected between Bengaluru FC and Odisha FC in second QF

Bengaluru FC BFC and Odisha FC OFC chief protagonists of the second 131st IndianOil Durand Cup quarterfinal are anticipating an intense clash scheduled on Saturday September 10 at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan KBKThat was the gist of both coaches Simon Grayson of BFC and Josep Gombau of OFC at the prematch media conference The match kicks off at 6 pm ISTBoth teams have taken contrasting routes to reach the knockouts While BFC played all their games in Kolkata and won three out of four to qualify in as Group A second place holders OFC won all their four games to qualify as Group D toppers from the Guwahati leg of the tournamentThe Blues will surely be more comfortable at the KBK having played two games there already but the Juggernauts have oozed quality on the field and will be confident going in with an allwin recordAlso Read Football Durand Cup to return after a yearSimon Grayson sounded happy overall with the progress made so far saying Its going to be a good game In the group stages we have got had good game time And now we have to do well to win this Durand Cup It has been really helpful to us as a preseason tournament The tournament has a rich history So it will help us to do good in the upcoming leagueOdisha gaffer Josep Gombau was also alert to the job at hand saying Its a big game for us BFC is a good team But we are ready We are hungry We want to win and show our talent Because ISL is coming and we have to do good Durand Cup was a very nice tournament It gave us a lot of games to prepare ourselves But we are ready for tomorrows game We are ready to winBoth teams will depend heavily on their forwards but more so BFC as seven of their eight group stage goals have come from their strikers Sunil Chhetri Roy Krishna and Siva Sakthi Odisha on the other hand have had as many as eight scorers in the dozen goals that they have blasted past their group stage opponents including six against NorthEast United in their very first gameAlso Read Durand built buildings but also a bridge between India and CanadaThe Blues defence has also let in four while the Juggernauts Odisha FC are yet to concede a goal in the tournament and in the end equations that might just turn out to be the deciding factorThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever