Punjab FC secured a 2-1 win over Odisha FC in their opening home game of the ISL 2024-25 season at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday. Following the game Punjab’s head coach Panagiotis Dilmperi heaped praises on his team's goal scorers, after both scored their first league goal for the side following their arrival, Nihal Sudheesh and Leon Augustine.

“We started strongly, possessed the ball trying to create chances, and had a good transitional defence. We did not let Odisha play the way they wanted to play, which they do really well. After scoring the (second) goal, the team dropped, it's natural and we gave them a lot of space. We addressed all their attacks in the game. We had a lot of chances in attack and could have killed the game early,” Punjab FC Head Coach Panagiotis Dilmperi told IANS in the post-game press conference.