Question

direct and Indirect Speech

The sports teacher will say, "In spite of being the best team in the tournament, the
school team lost because the umpires were biased."​

Answer 1

Answer:

the school team should not lose

Answer 2

Answer:

There will be no change in the reported speech as the reporting verb is in future tense.

So just remove comma,Inverted commas and add the conjunction "that"