Bengaluru FC rating 5 previous Tribhuvan Army, enter AFC Cup playoffs with ease

A second half objective rush noticed Bengaluru FC mark the beginning of recent coach Marco Pezzaiuoli’s reign on the membership with a convincing 5-0 win over Nepalese aspect Tribhuvan Army FC of their 2021 AFC Cup Preliminary stage two conflict right here on Wednesday.
Goals from Rahul Bheke (2), Cleiton Silva (2) and Sunil Chhetri put a seal on the tie and handed the Blues passage into the playoff levels of the continental competitors.
Gabonese defender Yrondu Musavu-King made his Bengaluru debut, partnering Juanan Gonzalez on the again.
The Blues made a powerful begin to the sport, controlling possession and being affected person of their seek for a gap.
Ashique Kuruniyan and Bheke supplied width on the flanks, as Bengaluru seemed to stretch the guests and discover gaps of their defence.
Tribhuvan Army made their first foray into the Blues’ field within the thirteenth minute, which ended with Gurpreet Singh Sandhu making a regulation save from what was a speculative effort from the sting of the world. Only two minutes later, Tribhuvan skipper Nawayug Shrestha raced free down the left flank however Bheke’s well-timed sliding deal with stopped him in his tracks.
The Blues’ finest likelihood of the primary interval fell to skipper Chhetri, however his effort from throughout the field was parried away by TAFC custodian Biwash Chaudhary. Ashique Kuruniyan’s effort on the rebound was then saved by Chaudhary, and the perimeters made their method into the tunnel with the scores unchanged.
The Blues got here out all weapons blazing within the second interval, and their persistence was rewarded simply six minutes after the break, when Rahul Bheke nodded residence a nook from Cleiton Silva to place Bengaluru 1-0 up. Only moments later, a scramble within the field noticed the ball fall to Chhetri, who made no mistake to fit previous Biwash to double the Blues’ benefit.
The Blues then added two extra in fast succession, with Silva’s stamp on each. Chhetri flicked the ball to the Brazilian, who shrugged off his marker, rounded the ‘keeper after which slotted residence into an empty internet to make it 3-0 on the night time.
Less than a minute later, Udanta managed to wriggle freed from three gamers down the appropriate flank and located Bheke, whose cross into the world was introduced down by Cleiton and completed on the flip previous a hapless Biwash within the TAFC objective.
In what was a repeat of the Blues’ opener, Silva’s nook within the sixty fifth minute was nodded residence as soon as once more by Bheke for Bengaluru’s fifth of the night.
Pezzaiuoli then shuffled along with his personnel, sending on Ajith Kumar, Edmund Lalrindika and Namgyal Bhutia.
Damaitphang Lyngdoh’s introduction within the seventy fifth minute had a contact of historical past to it, because the Meghalaya-born midfielder turned the Blues’ youngest ever participant.
Bengaluru have been joyful to maintain possession for the rest of the sport, closing out what was a dominant second-half efficiency.
The Blues will face considered one of Abahani Dhaka Limited (Bangladesh) or Club Eagles (Maldives), of their playoff conflict, scheduled to happen on the identical venue.