MEG notch first win in League beating ADE

MEG won their first game of the BDFA Super Division League this season by defeating ADE 1-0. This was the third game for both teams in this league. While MEG lost their first and drew the second game, ADE lost all three games making the survival in Super Division difficult. 

Amal performed the most important job of the game by scoring in the 78th minute. 

In another match, FC Deccan and Kodagu FC match ended in a goalless draw. This was Deccan’s second and Kodagu’s second game in the league and both teams yet to notch a win in this campaign thus far. 

 

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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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Bengaluru boys go down 1-0 to Kickstart FC

Bengaluru FC Media 

Bengaluru FC suffered their  first defeat of the Puttaiah Memorial Cup against Kickstart FC, at the Bangalore Football Stadium, on Monday. The first half strike from Sharath Kumar (25’) was enough to see Kickstart pick up the victory.

In the earlier game played this noon, Roots FC defeated Kodagu FC 1-0. With Kickstart upsetting Bengaluru’s rhythm, both teams along with Roots FC from Zone B ended with 6 points. However, Bengaluru FC and Kickstart FC with a goal difference of +5 and +2 respectively made to the semis. Newbie Roots FC despite winning two games loose out by a small margin. 

It was a tight first twenty minutes, with both sides trying to break the deadlock. Bengaluru and Kickstart had their chances through routine set-pieces, but failed to make it count. Kickstart took the lead close to the half hour mark with a swift counter-attack. A quick run from Akshay saw him beat his man and put in a low cross for Sharath, who buried the opportunity.

The game was fought out in the middle of the park for majority of the first half before the referee blew the whistle for the break. Into the second half, the Blue Colts came out looking for an early equaliser, and almost found it through Akashdeep Singh, who was put through on by Bekey Oram, only for the linesman to raise his flag. 

The Blue Colts brought on Lalpekhlua, Lalhmingchhuanga, Ashik Adhikari and Monirul Molla in a bid to turn the game around. The substitutes pushed for an equaliser, but the Kickstart FC backline remained stubborn and kept the attackers at bay.

Bengaluru FC next face Bangalore Eagles in the semifinal, on 17th August, at the same venue.

 

Bengaluru Colts begin Puttaiah Cup campaign with 5-0 win

Bengaluru FC Media 

Bengaluru FC begin their Puttaiah Memorial Cup campaign with a 5-0 victory over Kodagu FC, at the Bangalore Football Stadium, on Thursday. Akashdeep Singh (34’, 47’), Thoi Singh (53’), Lalhmingchhuanga (81’) and Edwin Rosario (86’) were on target for the Blue Colts.

It was a cagey first half with both teams struggling to create chances early on, but the Blue Colts broke the deadlock through Akashdeep with ten minutes left to the break. Shighil’s darting run down the wing saw him find empty space to put in a low cross for the forward, who smashed with power beyond the goalkeeper’s reach to make it 1-0.

The chances kept coming from there, but the referee blew the whistle for half-time before Bengaluru could double their lead. Into the second half, the Blue Colts ran riot, scoring from kick-off courtesy of Akashdeep once again. The forward picked up a cross from Thoi and slotted it beyond the ‘keepers reach.

Sudheer Kotikala, who made his debut in Blue set up BFC’s third of the evening. The forwards’ cross found Thoi in space and the winger capitalised with a smart finish from close range. 

Robin Yadav was brought down in the box late into the game and Lalhmingchhuanga stepped up to the occasion and struck it with power into the top left corner to make it four. With four minutes left on the clock, the goalkeeper split the ball and Edwin was there to tap it into an empty net. 

The Blue Colts face Roots FC next, on Saturday, at the same venue. 

 

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]) 

FC Bengaluru United beat Kodagu 4-0, record straight fifth win in BDFA Super Division

FCBU Media 

In a strong showing of attacking prowess against a spirited opponent’s defence, FC Bengaluru United beat Kodagu FC 4-0 in the ongoing BDFA Super Division Championship 2021-22 at the Bangalore Football stadium. Ronaldo Oliviera (38), James Singh (53), Luka Majcen (65), and Bedashwar Singh (68) were the goal scorers for the defending champions. A record fifth win in as many games played in the league. 

Majcen was seen attacking for the home team, creating a couple of strong half chances. The deadlock was broken in the 38th minute – Ronaldo’s first shot on goal was parried away by the Kodagu keeper; Ronaldo though was quick to make the most of the rebound. FCBU went into half-time, clearly with the upper hand. Kodagu, while strong in defence, failed to mount any strong attack, with Kinshuk Debnath holding the FCBU defence together.

FCBU came out looking to attack even more strongly in the second half. In the 53rd minute, James made the most of a strong Aenam G Jurwa run into the box after a free kick to get FCBU 2-0 up. Majcen, who had been on top of his game for most of the match thus far, finally managed to convert a chance in the 65th minute – making the most of a deflection off the Kodagu goalkeeper and adroitly avoiding two Kodagu defenders to score into the open net. Three minutes later, Kynsailang Khongsit took a shot on goal off a Ronaldo cross that deflected and landed neatly in front of an open net for Bedashwor Singh to get FCBU 4-0 up.

In the 84th minute Kodagu were awarded a penalty, but the chance was saved by the diving FCBU goalkeeper Kunzang Bhutia.