Mumbai City vs Bengaluru
Durand Cup final
Salt Lake Stadium
The final of the Durand Cup took place last night at the Salt Lake Stadium. The Blues opened the scoring as Sivasakthi got on the scoresheet. Ralte of Mumai found the equaliser around the half an hour mark.
Alan Costa found the back of the net in the 61st minute to put his team ahead. This proved to be the decisive goal of the fixture as BFC were crowned champions of the 131st Durand Cup.
Mumbai City vs Bengaluru: Match report
Full time score: Mumbai City FC 1-2 Bengaluru FC
Goals: Lalengmawia Ralte 30 (M), Sivasakthi 10, Alan Costa 61.
Lineups
Mumbai City FC: Phurba (GK), Stalin, Mandar, Griffiths, Fall (C), Vinit, Apuia Ralte, Jahouh, Chhangte, Stewart, Bipin.
Bengaluru FC: Gurpreet(GK); Sandesh, Jovanovic, Costa, Roshan, Prabir, Bruno, Jayesh, Chhetri (C), Krishna, Sivasakthi.
Pre match conference
Mumbai City FC gaffer Des Buckingham: “We are here to win the Durand Cup and start the ISL season with more confidence and I am happy with my team till now. I am expecting an exciting match as Bengaluru is a strong team with good players in its ranks. My message to the team in the final will be to enjoy the game,” said the.
Simon Grayson, Bengaluru FC coach: “I think we have to play as a team tomorrow. Mumbai has some very good players like Greg Stewart and others. So, we know what they can do. We don’t have any injuries and our target will be to win the trophy without any injuries.”
