CK Vineeth brace helps Bengaluru FC win Federation Cup title

After dominating the whole game, it took two strikes from substitute Vineeth to settle the tie. His first, came after the striker took two touches in the box before firing it low and with the help of a deflection, past Debjit Majumder in the Bagan goal. The second, on the counter, saw the striker feint twice before a shot that had too much on it for Debjit to handle as it was parried into the net (118).

In a half that belonged to Bengaluru, Sandesh Jhingan did well to make a goal line clearance from a Katsumi Yusa shot in the 31st minute in what would be Bagan’s only real chance in the first period.

Things soon got frenetic at both ends. Amrinder Singh pulled off a blinder of a save, getting his fingertips on a goal-bound rasping strike from Balwant Singh. Bengaluru soon answered with a counter. Set up by Harmanjot Khabra, Udanta spotted Majumder charging off his line and lobbed to ’keeper only to see the ball bounce wide. But the young winger, who was having a fantastic night, ended up pulling a muscle in the bargain, forcing Roca to bring on CK Vineeth. Bagan then had a flurry of corners in added time of the second half but the Bengaluru defence did enough to see the danger away and take the game to extra time.

The Blues’ woeful luck wouldn’t part ways as the second half substitute and former Bagan man Cornell Glen saw his chip from a tight angle bunce off the post with no Bengaluru body to tap home the rebound.