The Super Cup Group Stage opener had an interesting match-up - a battle between two runners-up Bengaluru FC and Sreenidi Deccan FC sides at the EMS Stadium in Kozhikode on Saturday.
In a video posted across social media, club captain Sunil Chhetri was seen joined by goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Suresh Wangjam, who donated the t-shirts to children at a community shelter in Jayanagar.
Led by head coach Carlos Pena, FC Goa have been drawn in Group C in the Super Cup, alongside fellow Indian Super League (ISL) sides ATK Mohun Bagan and Jamshedpur FC. I-League side Gokulam Kerala FC, who will be playing their games at their home stadium round off the group.
Not only did India win both their matches against a never-say-die Myanmar (1-0) and the higher-ranked Kyrgyz Republic (2-0), but they also kept two clean sheets. Watched by a capacity crowd of almost 30,000 each on both days, the dominance Igor Stimac's wards displayed came as a pleasant sur
In the third and last game of the Tri-Nation International Football Tournament, hosts India and Kyrgyz Republic will battle it out for the trophy at the Khuman Lampak Stadium in Imphal on Tuesday.
Two decisions involving captain Sunil Chhetri - an apparent foul on him not given as a penalty in the first half and a goal disallowed for offside - led Stimac to state, "For me, the result is 3-0, not 1-0."
Given India's dominance over their rivals for most of the outing, the scoreline would have been bigger, but the team missed chances that kept the victory margin at the bare minimum
Sunil Chhetri cancelled out a Dimitri Petratos penalty on the stroke of half-time before Roy Krishna gave the Blues the lead late on in the game. But the Australian scored his second penalty of the night to make it 2-2 and send the game into extra time.
ISL runners-up Bengaluru FC had a season to remember with the team producing one of the league-defining runs of history. Their incredible eight-match winning run saw them finish in the fourth position in the league stage after having started the year in the ninth spot. The Blues also ousted
Indian Super League is set to recognize the top-performing players and clubs of this season at the awards ceremony following the Final between ATK Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC in Goa on Saturday. The winners of the final will lift the ISL trophy and they will be awarded prize money of INR 6
An exhilarating ISL season will crown its champion as ATK Mohun Bagan take on Bengaluru FC for the silverware at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa on Saturday