Bengaluru FC Colts claim big win over Dream United

Bengaluru FC Media 

Monirul Molla found himself in the thick of things again as Bengaluru FC hit five past Bangalore Dream United FC in their penultimate encounter of the BDFA Super Division League, in Bengaluru, on Thursday. Molla’s strikes, one in each half, were added to by goals from Ankith Padmanabhan (40’), Rajanbir Singh (64’) and Satish Singh (57’ OG). 

Bengaluru began the stronger of the two sides and took the lead just eight minutes in when Molla slipped through the BDU backline to be found by an inch-perfect Shighil NS pass. Molla made no mistake, pushing the ball past the ’keeper and slotting home. Bengaluru’s second goal came in the aftermath of a set-piece when Ankith found himself in space to find the net from close range.

Into the second period, Bengaluru continued to push the needle, scoring just 12 minutes in. A cross into a dangerous area was turned into his own net by Satish, whose attempted clearance was bundled over to give Bengaluru a 3-0 lead.

Bengaluru’s fourth came from a well-worked routine that saw Edwin Rossario clip a cross into the box from the left wing, allowing Moni to flick it on and for Rajanbir to tap home from close range. Into the final ten minutes, Molla would grab another, combining with Akashdeep Singh in the final third, before placing his shot past the United ’keeper.

The Blue Colts next face Kickstart FC in their final encounter of the 2022-23 BDFA Super Division League.

 

Dream United wallop ADE, Friends United upset Sporting Club Bengaluru

After playing 1-1 in their first BDFA Super Division game against Kodagu FC, Dream United notched a win against ADE 5-0. Stamped authority over ADE, this win will help Dream United in a long way in the league. 

Muhammed Adhilshan’s brace helped his team to take lead in the first half, followed by another brace from Jai Barman with Jiten Panjwani completing the thrashing in 80th minute.

The other game of the day saw local star-studded new comer Sporting Club Bengaluru being handed a loss by another new entrant Friends United. While the quality of the game was good from both teams, SCB rued missed chances. 

One notable chance from Friends United was striker Magesh Selva’s long ranger that gave them the win. A power packed shot from 30 yard in the 81st minute of the game saw the ball hitting the target. That was Magesh's second goal from as many matches.  

 

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Kickstart begin league with win over Deccan, Dream United and Kodagu settle for draw

Kickstart started their campaign with a 1-0 win over FC Deccan, while Dream United and Kodagu played 1-1 draw at the BDFA Super Division league played at Bangalore Football Stadium today. 

Princewill had his Puttaiah Memorial scoring boots on when his team faced Deccan in the afternoon. Even after having maximum control, Kickstart were unable to open the score in the game, which finally came from the Nigerian in the 83rd minute.

The game between Dream United FC and Kodagu FC saw the former, taking the lead in the 16th minute from talented player from Meghalaya Elvis Nongtdu. Kodagu was quick to equalize via Deepak Raj.

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ASC beat Eagles, maintain all-win record, both move to knock-out round

Maintaining an all-win record in Zone A. ASC blanked Bangalore Eagles FC 3-1. But before both teams met in the evening, MEG and Dream United FC played an 1-1 draw, which ensured the other teams from Zone a to qualify for semi-final. 

Dream United and MEG finished the table collecting 1 and 2 points respectively, while the qualifiers to semis ASC and Eagles finished with 9 and 4 points respectively. 

Coming back to the game, ASC boys showed their keenness to score right from the begining. After the resistance displayed by Eagles' defence, ASC managed to open the account in 40th minute from Premkumar Singh. Six minutes later, in the added time, an opportunistic Tony Huidrom scored the second goal. 

Eagles got a consolation goal via Immanuel Derricks but not before ASC scored their third goal from Melem Tomthin Metei in 66th minute. 

ASC enter semifinal in Puttaiah Memorial

Jashandeep Singh's winner in the the added time of second half produced a late win for ASC over Dream United thus ensuring a semifinal spot in Puttaiah Memorial Cup. ASC is placed in Zone A, they defeated MEG in their first match.

 

ASC took the lead via Raj Singh in 21st minute. Former Boca Juniors, Bangalore graduate Elvis Nongtdu with two goals in quick succession in second half pulled back Dream United.  

It was ASC's Raj Singh who again came for the rescue of his team in the 88th minute. ASC came with a final strike when everyone thought that the game is heading for a draw. 

In the first game played today, Bangalore Eagles played a goalless draw against MEG.  

Tomorrow's match - Zone B

 - 2 PM: Kodagu FC Vs Kickstart FC

 - 4 PM: Bengaluru FC Vs Roots FC 

Puttaiah Memorial to kick-off 2022-23 Bangalore football season

Bangalore football season for 2022-23 set to kick-off with Puttaiah Memorial tournament, a league-cum-knockout Cup format played between the Super Division teams. This will be followed by the elite BDFA Super Division League. 

Puttaiah Memorial, which will commence from August 10 will be played between 8 teams at Bangalore Football Stadium. 4 teams are placed in 2 groups, with top 2 teams making to the knock-out stage. 

MEG, ASC, Dream United, and Bangalore Eagles are placed in Zone A and new entrant Roots FC, Kickstart FC, Bengaluru FC, and Kodagu FC are grouped in Zone B. 

Fixture 

• Aug 10, 2022, 2 PM: Bangalore Eagles FC 2 (Britto Carlos-55’, Parikram Borah-76’) Vs Dream United FC 1 (Sachidananda S-75’) 
• Aug 10, 2022, 4 PM: ASC 1 (Wahengbam Niraj Singh - 77) Vs MEG 0
• Aug 11, 2022, 2 PM: Kickstart FC 0 Vs Roots FC 1 (Vishal R-45'+2') 
• Aug 11, 2022, 4 PM: Bengaluru FC 5 (Akashdeep Singh-32', 46', Huidrom Thoi Singh-54', Lalhmingchhuanga-82', Edwin Rossario-86') Vs Kodagu FC 0 
• Aug 12, 2022, 2 PM: MEG 0 Vs Bangalore Eagles FC 0 
• Aug 12, 2022, 4 PM: Dream United 2 (Elvis Nongtdu-70', 76') Vs ASC 3 (Wahengbam Raj Singh--21', 88', Jashandeep Singh-90'+4') 
• Aug 13, 2022, 2 PM: Kodagu FC 1 (Gagandeep Singh-65'[P]) Vs Kickstart FC 3 (Sharath Rajkumar-7', 37', Abhishek Shanker Powar-13') 
• Aug 13, 2022, 4 PM: Bengaluru FC 1 (F.LalRemtluanga-87') Vs Roots FC 0 
• Aug 14, 2022, 2 PM: MEG 1 (Shaik Muzeeb-17'[P]) Vs Dream United 1 (Palzor Bhaitia-40') 
• Aug 14, 2022, 4 PM: ASC 3 (Laishram Premkumar Singh-40', Tony Huidrom-45'+1', Melem Tomthin Metei-66') Vs Bangalore Eagles FC 1 (Immanuel Derricks-70' [P])
• Aug 15, 2022, 2 PM: Roots FC 1 (Anirudh Mukundan-48') Vs Kodagu FC 0 
• Aug 15, 2022, 4 PM: Kickstart FC 1 (Shrath Raj Kumar-25') Vs Bengaluru FC 0  
• Aug 17, 2022, 1:30 PM, Semi final I: ASC 1 (Waheng Bamni Raj Singh-88') Vs Kickstart FC 2 (Deepak Panth-47'[OG], Abhishek S-53') 
• Aug 17, 2022, 3:30 PM, Semi final II: Bengaluru FC 0 [2] (Clarence Savio Fernandes, Bekay Oram) Vs Bangalore Eagles FC 0 [4] (Immanuel Derricks, Parikram Borah, Bhanu Praksh G, Nithul Das)  
• Aug 19, 2022, 4 PM, Final: Kickstart FC 3 (Princiwill Emeka-5', 47', Ryan Wilfred-28') Vs Bangalore Eagles FC 1 (Bhanu Prakash-45'+2'[P]) 

FCBU get past Dream United 1-0

FCBU Media 

Under cloudy skies, FC Bengaluru United (FCBU) battled hard to record a 1-0 win over Dream United (DU) in their fourth game of the ongoing BDFA Super Division Championship 2021-22 at the Bengaluru Football Stadium. Kynsailang Khongsit (44) was the lone goalscorer for the match as the defending champions notched up their fourth win on the trot.

Both teams began cautiously. FCBU had the early chance – four minutes in, a cross from Khongsit fell neatly in Luka Majcen’s path, but was saved by the DU keeper. FCBU slowly started to build up the pressure, keeping control of possession, but were unable to convert any of the early opportunities, letting go off the ball in the midfield.

Towards the middle of the first half though, the defending champions picked up the pace. In the 34th minute Ronaldo’s shot on goal coming off the back of a perfect set up was dragged just wide of the post. In the 38th minute Chelston Pinto and Majcen combined to score, but it was declared offside. The deadlock was finally broken in the 44th minute -  Aenam G Jurwa adroitly evaded the DU defence, setting up an easy tap in for Khongsit.  

The script ran along similar lines in the second half – FCBU created several opportunities and tested the DU defence but were unable to convert. Luka, Aenam as well as Hayden Fernandes and Shelton Paul - who came on as substitutes - pressed hard and created attacking opportunities, but conversion eluded them.

FCBU play their next game against Students Union on 18th November.   

Bengaluru FC, Dream United end in 1-1 draw in BDFA Super Division League opener

Bengaluru FC Media 

Bengaluru FC began their 2021-22 BDFA Super Division League campaign with a 1-1 draw against Bangalore Dream United, at the Bangalore Football Stadium, on Wednesday. Jagdeep Singh (4’) gave the Blue Colts an early lead, before Nima Lepcha’s second half penalty (64’) levelled the score.

The Blue Colts started the game on the front foot, and almost took the lead in the third minute when Lalthangliana lobbed the ball over the onrushing Dream United goalkeeper Nidhinlal Moolakaveedu, but couldn’t power his shot into an empty goal. Jagdeep made amends a minute later, latching onto a loose ball at the edge of the box and curling his shot in, to put his team 1-0 up.

In the 20th minute, Lalthangliana found space inside the box and cut back to skipper Biswa Darjee, whose looping shot sailed just over the crossbar. Despite being pegged back for most of the half, Dream United had two good chances in the space of as many minutes to get the equaliser. Abdulla SK wriggled free of two defenders in the box but saw his shot sail over the bar, before T Hariharan’s effort from close range in the 39th minute whizzed past the face of the goal.

Dream United got back on level terms just past the hour mark, when the referee pointed to the spot following Robin Yadav’s handball in the box. Nima managed to squeeze his penalty past Manik Baliyan’s outstretched hands to make it 1-1.

Down to 10 men in the final minutes after R Suhas picked up a second yellow card, Dream United ambled with possession and defended in numbers to hold on to a draw. The Blues Colts are back in action on October 30, at the same venue, when they take on ADE FC.

Bengaluru FC kick off BDFA Super Division League against Dream United

Bengaluru FC Media 

Bengaluru FC are set to begin their 2021-22 campaign in the BDFA Super Division League with a clash against Bangalore Dream United at the Bangalore Football Stadium, on Wednesday.  Following League victories in 2018-19 and 2019-20, the Blue Colts came close to a third successive title tilt last season, finishing one point behind champions FC Bengaluru United.

With several young players making the step up to the senior team, the Blue Colts have had a rejig to their squad, with several young players being handed a place in the squad for the tournament. “The BDFA Super Division League represents a good opportunity for our players to get competitive games, and from past seasons we know that it is a platform for players to thread a way into the senior team,” said Sandesh Bhoite, who will take charge of the team in Bengaluru.

The Blue Colts, who played two pre-season friendlies ahead of the campaign, went down 3-2 to Bangalore Eagles before defeating HAL 4-3. The League consists of fifteen teams this season, with the entry of Kodagu FC and Jawahar Union. Dream United, who finished the previous campaign in 11th place, were beaten 4-0 by the Blue Colts in this fixture last year.

SQUAD

Goalkeepers: Dipesh Chauhan, Narengbam Rohen Singh, Manik Baliyan

Defenders: Harpreet Singh, Robin Yadav, Jagdeep Singh, Lastborn Mawphniang, Anish Majumder, Likmabam Rakesh Meetei, Manish Chaudhary, FC Lalhmunmawia, Lalremtluanga Fanai, Nikhil Nideeshwar, Rajanbir Singh

Midfielders: Biswa Darjee, Bekey Oram, Kamalesh Palanisamy, Shighil NS, Omega Vanlalhruaitluanga, Louis Macarton Nickson, Edwin Rossario, Fredy Chawngthansanga, Vinith V, Abu Swalih, F. Lalhmingchhuanga

Forwards: Edmund Lalrindika, Namgyal Bhutia, Lalthangliana, Thoi Singh, Rahul Raju, Monirul Molla, Chaphamayum Ratanbi Singh, Magsatabam Yaiphathoi, Emboklang Nongkhlaw

Bengaluru Colts keep title defence on track with 4-0 win over Dream United

Bengaluru FC Media 

Bengaluru FC’s perfect start to their BDFA Super Division League continued with a 4-0 defeat of Bangalore Dream United FC at the Bengaluru Football Stadium, on Tuesday. The win, their sixth in six games, sees the Blue Colts take a three point lead atop the League standings.

Sandesh Bhoite’s boys dominated proceedings from the get go, and the pressure paid off with an early lead when a corner in the 11th minute fell to an unmarked Jagdeep Singh. The right-back’s lob into the six-yard box was finished on the volley by skipper Robin Yadav to put the Blue Colts 1-0 up.

Bengaluru controlled play after taking the lead but couldn’t convert their chances. Bangalore Dream United, on the other hand, had their only shot on target in the closing stages of the first half, but Blue Colts’ custodian Sharon Sivan produced an outstanding one-handed save on the stretch to deny Avhishek Singh.

It took five minutes for the side to double their lead in the second half, as Shivasakthi, on as a half time substitute, cut inside in the box and used the outside of his right foot to curl the ball into the far corner with BDU ’keeper Anandu rooted to his spot.

The final ten minutes saw Bengaluru add two more to the scoreboard when, in the 82d minute, Anandu managed to save Shivasakthi’s effort from close range but Akashdeep Singh reacted to slot home the rebound. Four minutes later, Akashdeep turned provider when his low cross into the box was finished at the near post by Monirul Molla.

Bengaluru FC are back in action on February 15 when they take on Bangalore Eagles FC.

Nikhil hat-trick floors ADE, Dream United upsets ASC 1-0

Riding on a hat-trick by Nikhil Raj, Kickstart FC registered a big margin win over ADE 7-0 in their fifth game of  Citrus Ventures BDFA Super Division league. 

The youngster opened the account for his team in the 3rd minute of the game and pumped two goals more after changing ends. Uzochi Emmannel scored agoal a piece in each half while Vignesh and Karthik scored one goal each.

In the other match of the day, Dream United upset favorite ASC with a one goal win. Midfielder Dorjee continued his good form after winning last week's Outsanding Player award scored the only goal in the early minutes that was taken ASC by surprise. 

ASC kept pressing for most of the game, but the forwards failed to open Dream's goalmouth. 

FC Bengaluru hammer Dream United 6-0

FC Bengaluru United Media

FC Bengaluru United continued their dominant march in BDFA Super Division campaign sweeping Dream United 6-0 in their fourth game. United began the game in similar fashion to their previous three outings – on the ball right away. Chaitan and Ronaldo combined to put away a Hayden freekick to get them on the scoreboard in the 15th minute.

 

From then onwards, it was largely a one-team show with FC Bengaluru United taking control of the proceedings with strong attacking play, through balls, and so on. Their defense held strong when Bangalore Dream United had their brief attacking forays, which were immediately counter-attacked with goal-scoring runs.

 

The half-time score of 4-0 was soon pushed to 6-0 with substitutes Asrar and Joshua making an immediate impact.

 

A commanding performance thus far and FC Bengaluru United will be keen to keep up the ascendancy in the upcoming games.

 

Bengaluru United beat ADE 4-0

FC Bengaluru United Media 

FC Bengaluru United turned in an emphatic performance yet again to beat ADE FC 4-0 in their third game of the BDFA Super Division Campaign. Dominant from the word go, FC Bengaluru United kept their foot on the pedal throughout to secure a hat trick of wins in the tournament.

FC Bengaluru United started off playing aggressively, a move that soon yielded rich dividends. Jaison got them on the scoreboard with a beautiful goal curled in from just inside the top box. A smart assist from Kiran to Chetan saw him dribble adroitly past two defenders and FC Bengaluru United were up 2-0 in 35 minutes. And their defense game was on point as well – with ADE FC barely getting any chances on the goal.

FC Bengaluru United didn’t let the momentum slip in the second half – and much like their first game against Income Tax, their substitutes too had a say! Malem, who came on around the 50th minute, took charge of a cross from Ronald and netted it safely into the goal. And in the 72nd minute, Ronaldo scored off a free kick to top off what has been a commanding performance from FC Bengaluru United thus far- strong in attack and sturdy in defense!  

Akbar's brace help MEG beat Dream United

Akbar Sidhique struck twice in each half and sealed the victory for MEG against Dream United in the Citrus Ventures BDFA Super Division league played at the Bangalore Football Stadium this evening. 

Dream United, relatively an inexperienced side comprising players from their academy setup with an average age of 19, tried hard in the second half reduced margin after forcing a penalty before MEG scored their third and bottling the game up. 

After coaching MEG for 8 seasons and helping the team to reach great heights, which included couple of BDFA Super Division title, Puttiah Memorial Cup, and several national level tournaments, head coach Shaji SP was seen in the opponent bench. Shaji has been associated with Dream United for past few years. 

In the first match of the day, FC Bengaluru United defeated ADE 4-2. 

 

South United cruise to 5-1 victory over Dream United

South United Media 

Despite conceding a goal, South United came back strongly, and emerged 5-1 victors against Dream United played yesterday evening. South United largely restricted their opponents to chances from set-pieces and shots from distance at one end as they continuously created opportunities down the other end. 

South United started the game well on the front foot, dominating possession as they pushed Bangalore Dream United back. Though they had most of the ball, it was Dream United who bagged the opener from a break as Akshay’s low cross found Aditya in the middle who slotted past the keeper with little pressure on him. 

The lead didn’t last too long as Umesh let fly from distance to equalise in the 23rd minute. Once SUFC drew level, they started to dominate proceedings and in the 36th minute Aaron was brought down in the box to win his side a penalty. Rungsing put SUFC in the lead from the spot and there was no looking back. 

Going into half-time, South United were showing no signs of letting up. They picked up where they left off in the second half as Sudipta and Aaron drove most of the attacks. Umesh bagged his second at the 59-minute mark after Sudipta beat three men with a mazy run to lay it on a plate for him. 

Jaison put some real daylight between the teams as he beat his marker with a smart turn and finished with aplomb past the diving goalkeeper. South United would have a few scares as Bangalore Dream United got a couple of shots on target but Bernard was alert in goal to save on more than a couple of occasions. 

Substitute Vikram added South United’s fifth in the 90th minute to make it an absolute mauling of Bangalore Dream United. SUFC now have two wins in three games as they look forward to putting together a run.

South United held to a 2-2 draw against Dream United

South United FC Media 

Dream United started the game pressing high up the pitch but as the game wore on, their press dropped lower, leaving only two men up top to make life uncomfortable for the SUFC defence.

As South United started to gain more possession, Dream United found themselves playing more defensive. On one of the occasions where Bangalore Dream United FC tried to break, their attack was stopped early on and the ball landed at SUFC captain Magesh’s feet. The midfielder found Aaron’s run with a looping ball over the top and the striker lobbed the ball past the stranded keeper into the empty net.

The tide turned quickly to favour Bangalore Dream United FC though as one of their attacks down the right-hand side found Rahul in the box, whose cross found his teammate inside the box and he made no mistake from close range to equalize.

They would score again in extra time of the first half as a ball over the top of the defence came towards SUFC’s custodian Jayanth who rushed out of the box to intercept, but his erroneous pass found the opposition attacker, Niyaz, who rolled the ball into the goal from a distance.

SUFC finished the half on top but had little to show for it as they went in trailing by 2 goals to 1, but they began the second half as they finished the first one – constantly on the front foot.

They looked for an avenue past the Bangalore Dream United FC wall in front of the penalty area but found few gaps. A few half chances later, Aaron burst into the box on the left and turned abruptly at the touchline to head towards goal when he was brought down. Jewel stood over the resulting penalty but could only hit the post despite beating the keeper.

Only a few minutes later, in the 68th minute, Nidhin put in a hopeful lobbed ball into the box which Aaron runs onto and loops past the keeper to find parity for SUFC.

The game opened up once the teams were tied at 2-2 and both teams threatened to score in the last 20 minutes, but neither defence would let up as the game ended in a stalemate.