ISL 2022: Bengaluru bid farewell to victory, East Bengal disappointed
Football
By-Vineet Kumar
new Delhi. The 8th season of the Hero Indian Super League has reached its final stage, with teams from the knockout stages of Bengaluru FC and East Bengal FC clashing on Saturday. Bengaluru FC bid farewell to the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2021-22 with the positivity of winning this match.
Captain Sunil Chhetri scored for Bengaluru FC as they beat SC East Bengal 1-0 in their final league match at the Tilak Stadium in Vasco da Gama. Bengaluru goalkeeper Lara Sharma showed excellent goalkeeping during this match, due to which he was also awarded the Hero of the Match award. He managed to keep his second clean sheet of the season.
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With their eighth win, Bengaluru ended their season in sixth place. Coach Marco Pezauoli’s team managed to collect 29 points from 20 matches with eight wins and five draws. At the same time, the bad season for East Bengal continued in the last match as well. Coach Mario Rivera could only record one win this season. Kolkata’s team remained languishing in 20 matches with just one win and 11 points from eight draws.
The only goal of the match came in the 24th minute when skipper Sunil Chhetri put Bengaluru FC ahead 1-0. A long through-pass from centre-back Yaya Banana near the halfline was caught by the Bengaluru forward and grounded inside the D-box after hitting a near-half-line Nepalese centre-back Anant Tamang. A right footer shot the ball inside the left side of the goalpost while goalkeeper Suvam Sen dived to his right and hit the ball but the ball crossed the goalline.
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This was Sunil Chhetri’s total 51st goal in the Hero ISL. After today’s result, Bengaluru dominated the matches between the two teams this season. Because the last time these two teams met in the first leg of the season, the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Story first published: Saturday, March 5, 2022, 21:57 [IST]
