Revenge will be on the minds of Bengaluru FC as they take on defending champions Chennaiyin FC in the second match of the fifth Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament on Sunday.
Chennaiyin had clinched the ISL title last year in style after defeating BFC 3-2 in the final and they would look to settle the scores. Last year, BFC had scripted a fairytale narrative, winning 13 of their 18 matches to qualify for the playoffs with four games to spare. But they faltered in the final.
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The match between Bengaluru FC and Chennaiyin FC will be aired on Star Sports network. (Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3).
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Miku and skipper Sunil Chhetri had done bulk of the goal scoring for BFC, hitting the net on 26 occasions. This year, Bengaluru FC laid claim to the inaugural Super Cup after drubbing Kingfisher East Bengal in the final. Thereafter, they travelled to Spain for pre-season training and played against Barcelona B and Villarreal B.
BFC head coach Carles Cuadrat, who took charge of the side in the AFC Cup Inter-Zone semifinal last month, has been working hard with the boys. The 49-year-old from Span will be working with 12 retained players and five youngsters, who graduated from Bengaluru FC B and said he expects a tough season ahead.
Here is the dream XI for Bengaluru FC vs Chennaiyin FC
Gurpreet Singh, Juanan Gonzalez, Nishu Kumar, Erik Paartalu, Miku, Sunil Chhetri, Jerry Lalrinzuala, Gregory Nelson, Raphael Augusto, Isaac Vanmalsawma, Jeje Lalpekhlua.