Focus on taking three points against SCEB, says Kino Sanchez

The Juggernauts are currently eighth in the standings

Odisha FC are still in the hunt to finish in the top four and make the playoffs come the season end, but must start winning with only six games remaining in their season. They face SC East Bengal in their next on Monday. Kino Sanchez's side are currently winless in their last three matches, which includes a 2-3 defeat to table leaders Hyderabad FC.

The Juggernauts are currently eighth in the points standings with 18 points after 14 games. They are still four points far from the final playoffs berth, currently occupied by Jamshedpur FC who have 22 points in 13 matches. Odisha FC beat SC East Bengal 6-4 in the reverse fixture earlier this season and Kino will hope for a similar result on Monday. In SC East Bengal's short ISL history, Odisha have beaten them twice in three matches.

Here's what head coach Kino Sanchez said at the pre-match press conference.

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Realistic expectations & plans for the last six games?

Kino Sanchez: My expectation is winning the next match. This is my main objective now and then to win in the next one. We still have our chances. So, for me and for the team, we are only focusing on winning tomorrow. 

Thoughts on reverse fixture

Kino Sanchez: I think that even we conceded a lot of goals in that match. The reality is that we scored all the chances that we had, so we were so clinical just flowing football. If you see the last match (Vs Goa), for instance. I guess we had more chances and we couldn't score goals. So, I  don't think that we have to look at this match. Also, they changed the coach. There are a lot of things different.

Jonathas Jesus' fitness

Kino Sanchez: He's training really hard day-by-day. Getting fitter and also he's adapting to what we want from him on the pitch. I think that he's enjoying these days with the players and with everybody. So, we are really happy.

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Reflections on SC East Bengal

Kino Sanchez: I think that they improve when they change the coach, they have improved a lot. I think that they are more solid. They are more compact. They are creating chances. We know which things we can exploit, but I think that they are improving. If you see, maybe they are not winning matches. But, they are not losing. This is going to be a tough game.

Aspects to improve

Kino Sanchez: We are working everyday in training about building the game. Where we train about how to keep possession and about how to exploit the space. Also, how we press and how we order. I think that every coach and every team, we cannot be okay. We have to improve every day and after the training, we see the videos of the session. We see aspects that we need to improve and maybe only for one player or maybe from a line, but we need to prove in all the aspects if we want to get better.

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