Durand Cup 2022 News
West Bengal Governor La. Ganesan Iyer was standing slightly behind Sunil Chhetri when the Bengaluru FC captain was being handed over the trophy and asked for a photograph from the press. It was then spotted that the Governor pushed Chhetri to make his way to the middle.
Bengaluru FC then got ahead for the second and final time in the game, when off a Sunil Chhetri corner aimed at the far post, Brazilian Alan Costa jumped highest and nailed a header into the back of the Mumbai City FC net.
Two fine strikes from Isaac Vanmalsawma (52') and new signing Saul Crespo (74') broke open the Tuskers' defence
The Blues had no problems preserving the lead going into the interval, Simon Grayson freshened up the team early on in the second half and Ali who came on from Krishna made an instant impact as he scored Bengaluru FC's third goal after he was fed by Udanta Singh in the 68th minute.
FC Goa head coach Deggie Cardozo made three changes to his team's starting XI against Mohammedan SC as Mallikjan Kalegar, Ayush Chhetri and Mevan Dias replaced Rayan Roger Menezes, Shanon Viegas and Jovial Dias respectively
Mumbai City FC take on rivals ATK Mohun Bagan on Wednesday while Indian Navy FT will be up against East Bengal two days earlier.
Mohammedan coach Andrey Chernyshov will certainly return the happier of the two, seeing both his first eleven and bench performing with aplomb.
India's football team captain Sunil Chhetri will be in action on August 16 for Bengaluru FC
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