The man with the ISL’s golden boot struck twice within a space of 15 minutes to lead Odisha FC to its greatest moment. The two goals in the opening half from Diego Mauricio gave Odisha the Super Cup on an unusually wet Tuesday night. Odisha won the final against Bengaluru FC 2-1 and thus its first trophy.
While it was the first-ever final for Odisha, it was the third of the season for Bengaluru. For Simon Grayson’s boys, it proved the second defeat in a final in as many months; they had lost the ISL final to ATK Mohun Bagan in a shootout.
Odisha’s magnificent four up front — Mauricio, Nandhakumar, Victor Rodriguez and Jerry Mawihmingthanga — were expected to cause headaches to the formidable Bengaluru defence, and they did.
