With the Kanteerava at their loudest, Bengaluru FC kept the attacking momentum going in the first half, but SC Delhi’s resolute defense stood strong for the most part of the first half.
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu came to BFC’s rescue late it the first half as he saved a one-on-one chance with a full-length dive low to his right to keep Lalrochana’s shot out of the goal.
However, BFC swung the momentum their way quickly, as Roshan Singh found Poojary’s head in the box, who crossed it with a first-time touch to Sivasakthi for a simple tap-in to give the Blues a 1-0 lead heading into the break.
BFC started the second half strongly, Roshan intercepted a high ball in the 57th minute in SC Delhi’s half and found No. 10 Braian Sanchez who dribbled past 2 defenders before firing a shot wide of the post.
At the 72nd minute it was a proud moment for Rishi Singh as the academy graduate made his debut for the first team! Kuziev joined him to replace Sanchez to make his ISL Debut for the club.
The Kanteerava got its wish at the 78th minute mark when Sunil Chhetri jogged on to the pitch, and in the 92nd minute Sunil Chhetri broke Robert Pires’ long standing record to become the oldest goal scorer in ISL history at the age of 41 years 196 days as he finished off a scintillating counterattack in the dying minutes of the game to seal a 2-0 victory for BFC!
