The All India Football Federation President Praful Patel congratulated I-League champions Bengaluru FC as the Bengaluru based Club became the first Indian Club to qualify for an AFC Cup Final after getting the better of Malaysian side JDT at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium last night.
Here are some tweets from the Indian Football fraternity!!!
The following is what Praful Patel (AIFF president) tweeted after the match
Proud of you Bengaluru FC and Congrats to Sajjan and Parth Jindal for your contribution to #IndianFootball. @sajjanjindal59 @ParthJindal11
— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) October 19, 2016
Sunil Chhetri you still have all the fire in your belly. @chetrisunil11 @bengalurufc #AFCCup2016
— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) October 19, 2016
This is what Vijay Goal (India’s Minister of Sports) tweeted
Proud & historic moment for #India & #Indian #football – @bengalurufc becomes 1st Indian club to reach the @AFCCup final. Congrats!#BFCvJDT pic.twitter.com/jkK40Tjj95
— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) October 19, 2016
This is what the I-League tweeted
And history is created. @bengalurufc reaches there, where no Indian Club has reached ever before in the @AFCCup.#BFCvJDT #HeroILeague pic.twitter.com/r6GRjLsjmk
— Hero I-League (@ILeagueOfficial) October 19, 2016
This is what the Indian Super League tweeted
Congratulations to @bengalurufc on becoming the first ever Indian football club to reach the AFC Cup final! #BFCvJDT #AFCCup2016 https://t.co/hPz3ns7G04
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) October 19, 2016
This is what Shaji Prabhakaran (FIFA Regional Office, South Asia) tweeted
Many-many congratulations @bengalurufc we football fans r proud of you. Keep going great heights – the sky is the limit. #BFCvJDT
— Shaji Prabhakaran (@Shaji4Football) October 19, 2016
This is what Stephen Constantine (India head coach) tweeted
AWESOME RESULT Congratulations to @bengalurufc @MandarTamhane1
Very proud of the lads and the club History has been made— StephenConstantine (@StephenConstan) October 19, 2016
This is what Henry Menezes (WIFA CEO, former India goalkeeper) tweeted
Congratulations @bengalurufc you won more hearts thanbodies In times when we debate you have spoken with this win way to go @sajjanjindal59
— Henry Menezes (@menezeshenry) October 19, 2016
This is what Renedy Singh (FC Pune City assistant coach, former India midfielder) tweeted
Congrats @bengalurufc !! Well done Sunil! However this is not surprising with the kind of… https://t.co/qruNbcq95I
— Renedy Singh (@RenedySingh) October 19, 2016