131st IndianOil Durand Cup Match Report- Bengaluru FC qualify for its first ever Durand Cup final

Bengaluru FC– 1 (Odei Zabala (og)) Hyderabad FC- 0 ()

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Kolkata, Thursday, September 15, 2022: An own goal at the half-hour mark by Spanish defender Odei Onaindia Zabala, was enough for Bengaluru FC (BFC) to overcome the challenge of Indian Super League (ISL) champions Hyderabad FC (HFC) and make the final of the 131stIndianOil Durand Cup.

It was a largely cagey second semi-final played here at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) with HFC having the lion’s share of chances as well as possession and their star striker Batholomew Ogbeche being wasteful for once, but in the end The Blues did well enough to win the battle of ISL heavyweights.

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! The match began with no team willing to give an inch and as a result there were quite a few rough challenges witnessed. BFC’s Parag Shrivas was shown a yellow card early.

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The goal came quite against the run of play and in what was probably BFC’s first proper attack of the match. Jayesh Rane played right to Prabir Das, who delivered the perfect cross across the face of goal for Roy Krishna. The Fijian striker got a touch but Zabala, the BFC central defender in-fact deflected it into the back of his own net in the end. HFC exerted good pressure after the goal and in one particular instance Yasir found Ogbeche with a cross but the Nigerian just missed the target.

The half-ended with a chance for Sunil Chetri after he got at the end of a long ball but his volley went over the roof of the net. HFC had 68% possession in the half and three shots on goal to BFC’s one. The second-half as has been the norm, began with each team making one substitution each. BFC gave

Rohit Kumar a break and brought in Namgyal Bhutia. HFC brought in Sahil Tavora in place of Hitesh Sharma.There were two more great chances for Ogbeche to score in the half and help bring HFC level. The first in the 49th minute saw him take a powerful header off a measured cross delivered by Nikhil Poojary, but Gurpreet Sandhu in BFC goal, was up to the task.

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Then in the 77th, a move involving Halicharan and Borja Herrerra found him in space for a shot at goal, but he was just off-target yet again. There weren’t too many clear chances in the game after that and it ensured that there was going to be a first-time winner of the IndianOil Durand Cup, come Sunday.

Ticket Information in detail

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 for all knockout matches of the tournament exclusively on www.bookmyshow.com. Bookings start from evening of September 07, 2022.

In addition, Box Office services will be made operational for fans in Kolkata from September 08, 2022, at the following locations

The details are as follows:

From September 08, 2022, 10am-5pm

- Mohammedan Sporting Club Tent

- VYBK GATE-4A BOX OFFICE (on Matchdays at VYBK from 10am-1pm only)

- KBK BOX OFFICE (on Matchdays at VYBK from 10am-1pm only)

Broadcast & Live-stream details

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.

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 1889 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.

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