131st IndianOil Durand Cup: Champions FC Goa finish campaign on a high after holding Bengaluru FC to a draw

Bengaluru FC – 2 (Chhetri 24’, Sivasakhti 26’) FC Goa – 2 (F.Buam 53’, Lesly 64’)

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Kolkata, Tuesday, August 30, 2022: Champions FC Goa (FCG) bowed out of the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup but on a high, after their young squad held a Sunil Chhetri led Bengaluru FC (BFC) to an entertaining 2-2 draw in a Group A encounter here at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK). The Gaurs came from behind in the second half to share the spoils with Phrangki Buam and Lesly Rebello scoring to cancel out first half goals by Sunil Chhetri and N. Siva Sakthi.

All 47 games of the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup are being telecast LIVE on Sports18 1 SD & HD and Sports18 Khel as well as livestreamed on the Over the Top (OTT) platform VOOT!

Bengaluru shine in the first half

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The Blues dominated the game from the start and had the majority of the possession in the first half. They did not give the Gaurs any chance to settle down in the game. They were creating openings in the Gaur’s half and putting pressure on the youngsters. The first goal came in the 24th minute from a free- kick, after Rohit Kumar was fouled just outside the box. Sunil Chhetri curled one delightfully into the top right corner to give BFC a deserving lead. It was the talisman’s third goal of the tournament.

BFC continued to dominate in the middle with Bruno Ramires in particular, who was providing accurate balls to the wingers Udanta Singh and Namgyal Bhutia. The pair were always willing to run into the open spaces left by the Goan defence.

One such ball from Bruno found Udanta who headed it across the six-yard box for N. Siva Sakthi to score his second of the tournament and double BFC’s lead.

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Spirited Comeback from Goa

BFC began the second half brightly but FCG showed more vigour and hunger to comeback in the game. They started to press higher up the pitch and started to create more chances. The BFC midfield and defence came under pressure and the first goal came from a mistake by them.

A weak header to the keeper by Rohit Kumar was poached by Buam, who rounded off keeper Amrit Gope, to finish with consummate ease. Goa had their spirits up and started to have even more meaningful attacks. The second goal came in 63rd minute from a darting run by Vasim Inamdar, who pushed the ball ahead for Captain Lesley Rebello to finish from in-between the keeper’s legs. The Gaurs ended their IndianOil Durand Cup campaign with four points while Bengaluru have seven points from three games.

Next match of Bengaluru FC

Bengaluru FC will play Mohammaden SC on September 2nd to decide the Winners of Group A.

Tomorrow’s Matches

Kerala Blasters will play Army Green Football Team at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati and ATK. Mohun Bagan will play Indian Navy Football Team at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.

Broadcast & Live-stream details (Catch all 47-game LIVE)

Sports18 is available on the following service providers:

DTH Service SD Channel # HD Channel #

Tata Play 488

Airtel Digital 293

JioTV+ 262 261

Sun Direct 505 983

Voot is available to download for free on all mobile app stores and on Connected TVs.

Ticket Information

India’s leading entertainment destination BookMyShow has been roped in as exclusive

ticketing partners for the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup.

Fans can book their tickets to all the league stage games of the tournament exclusively on

www.bookmyshow.com.

In addition, Box Office services have already been made operational for fans in respective host

cities.

The details are as follows:

For Group Stage Games (Box Office operations on Matchdays in Kolkata not

operational at VYBK)

Kolkata

VYBK GATE- 4A BOX OFFICE

17th August onwards, 10 am - 5pm

Apart from this, match tickets for the three home teams in Kolkata will be sold and redeemed

from respective clubs and stadiums concerned with the respective matches from Matchday -2

Guwahati ongoing

12th August onwards

SAI Box office, Paltan Bazar

10 am - 5pm

Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

Gate - 1 Box office

10am - 5pm

Imphal ongoing

13th August onwards

Khuman Lampak Stadium

Gate - 1 & Gate - 2 Box Offices

Tentative timing - 8:30 am - 4:00pm (To be confirmed)

Above Box Offices will be operational throughout the Group Stage matches of respective

cities.

Ticket prices

Guwahati - Rs 50, 100, 250

Imphal- Rs 50, 100, 300

Kolkata - Rs 50, 100, (200 only for VYBK)

BOX OFFICE will be dealing with Online redemption and Offline cash Sale

About Durand Cup

A symbol of India’s football history and culture, the Durand Cup is Asia’s oldest and the world’s

third oldest football tournament. Organized by the Indian Armed Forces, the Durand Cup has

been the breeding ground for India’s best footballing talent, over the years.

The inaugural edition happened in Shimla in 1888, when it started off as an Army Cup, open

only to the British Indian Army troops in India, but soon opened up to civilian teams. Named

after its founder, Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India from 1884 to 1894,

the iconic tournament reached its 130th edition in 2021. Mohun Bagan and East Bengal have

been the most successful teams, winning the tournament 16 times each.

Contact:

Somit Biswas - 9873723210

Sandipa Ghosh - 9883016244

Hritam Bose - 9903206978

Avishek Banerjee - 96743 90713 (Guwahati)

NirmalyaChatterjee - 9836206682 (Imphal)