131st IndianOil Durand Cup: Hyderabad FC qualify first from Group C
Imphal, Tuesday, August 30, 2022: Reigning Indian Super League (ISL) champions Hyderabad FC
(HFC) qualified for the quarter-finals of the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup, blowing away Neroca FC 3-0 at the Orange Brigade’s home turf-the Khuman Lampak Stadium, in Imphal. In what was another highly impressive and professional display by HFC in Group C, the Manolo Marquez managed side now has three wins from three games and their top striker Bartholomew Ogbeche, who had his second brace of the tournament, also climbed on top of the highest scorer’s chart, with four goals now against his name.
Australian Joel Chianese scored the third for the ISL champs in a dominating display. All 47 games of the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup are being telecast LIVE on Sports18 1 SD & HD and Sports18 Khel as well as livestreamed on the Over the Top (OTT) platform
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Awesome Ogbeche
The Nigerian Bart Ogbeche’s prowess in front of goal is something perhaps Indian football has rarely seen play regularly on their grounds. His sense of presence, timing and power inside the box and the quality of his finishing has been giving nightmares to defenders in India for the past few years. Even on the day, he had a hand in all three goals, scoring two himself.
The first goal came early for the Nawabs after Akash Mishra on the charge from his customary left, drove inside the box and crossed it back in, for Ogbeche to meet it at the right place as usual. He took a strike on the turn with his left, towards goal, but it took a couple of deflections in the crowd and the loose ball fell invitingly for Joel Chianese to slot home from close.
Thereafter the HFC midfield led by Borja Herrera began taking control of the game and chances were coming thick and fast for Hyderabad. In the 17th, the Spaniard played a quick one-two with Lalchungnunga Chhangte while penetrating down the left, to deliver a cross to find Ogbeche at the right place again. The Nigerian made no mistake with the header.
Chianese had his golden chance for a second for himself when Chhangte played him in beautifully on the right, but the Australian hit the side netting with only the keeper to beat. The half ended 2-0 but it was clear that there was going to be no way back for Neroca in this game.
It soon turned out to be true as HFC came out of the break in the same relentless mood. Neroca coach. Khogen Singh’s introduction of Tangva Ragui and Lunminlal Haokip, two of his best players in the tournament, did add a bit of more purpose to the Neroca fightback and their forays forward did increase but HFC were too solid overall to be too bothered by them. Ogbeche finally made the home supporters begin to leave the ground, when in the 82nd minute, Hitesh
Sharma showed great determination down the right flank to keep a ball in play. His cut back on the slide found none other than Ogbeche on the edge of the box and his measured right footer, beat keeper Soram Porei for the third time in the match.
Tomorrow’s Matches
Kerala Blasters will play Army Green Football Team at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati and ATK Mohun Bagan will play Indian Navy Football Team at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
Next games of HFC and Neroca FC
HFC play their final game against the Army Red Football Team on September 03, 2022, while
Neroca get into a possible high voltage second place shoot-out with Chennayin on September
05, 2022, at the Khuman Lampak.
Ticket Information
India’s leading entertainment destination BookMyShow has been roped in as exclusive ticketing
partners for the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup.
Fans can book their tickets to all the league stage games of the tournament exclusively on
www.bookmyshow.com.
In addition, Box Office services have already been made operational for fans in respective host
cities.
The details are as follows:
For Group Stage Games
Kolkata
VYBK GATE- 4A BOX OFFICE
17th August onwards, 10 am - 5pm
Apart from this, match tickets for the three home teams in Kolkata will be sold and redeemed
from respective clubs and stadiums concerned with the respective matches from Matchday -2
Guwahati ongoing
12th August onwards
SAI Box office, Paltan Bazar
10 am - 5pm
Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Gate - 1 Box office
10am - 5pm
Imphal ongoing
13th August onwards
Khuman Lampak Stadium
Gate - 1 & Gate - 2 Box Offices
Tentative timing - 8:30 am - 4:00pm (To be confirmed)
Above Box Offices will be operational throughout the Group Stage matches of respective cities.
Ticket prices
Guwahati - Rs 50, 100, 250
Imphal- Rs 50, 100, 300
Kolkata - Rs 50, 100, (200 only for VYBK)
BOX OFFICE will be dealing with Online redemption and Offline cash Sale
Broadcast & Live-stream details
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Airtel Digital 293
JioTV+ 262 261
Sun Direct 505 983
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About Durand Cup
A symbol of India’s football history and culture, the Durand Cup is Asia’s oldest and the world’s
third oldest football tournament. Organized by the Indian Armed Forces, the Durand Cup has
been the breeding ground for India’s best footballing talent, over the years.
The inaugural edition happened in Shimla in 1888, when it started off as an Army Cup, open
only to the British Indian Army troops in India, but soon opened up to civilian teams. Named
after its founder, Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India from 1884 to 1889
the iconic tournament reached its 130th edition in 2021. Mohun Bagan and East Bengal have
been the most successful teams, winning the tournament 16 times each.
Contact:
Somit Biswas- 9873723210
Sandipa Ghosh- 9883016244
Hritam Bose- 9903206978
Avishek Banerjee- 96743 90713 (Guwahati)
Nirmalya Chatterjee- 9836206682 (Imphal)