Indian Super Cup 2018 : Bengaluru FC vs Gokulam Kerala FC - 5 Talking Points

Bengaluru FC faced Gokulam Kerala FC in the round of 16 of the Hero Super Cup in the Hero Super Cup in Bhubaneswar. Gokulam qualified for the round of 16 by getting the better of Northeast United FC, while Bengaluru were playing their first game in the Super Cup.

Bengaluru made their intentions clear by stating that they are the favourites to win the competition, while Gokulam Kerala coach Bino George mentioned that they want to go as far as possible and keep playing a good brand of football.

The match started on a bright note for the giant Killers from Kerala who led Bangalore 1-0 from a Henry Kisseka strike.

The game turned on its head in the second half and BFC managed to win the game with the last touch of the game, to venture into the quarter-final of the Super Cup. Gokulam will go home with their heads held high after putting in such a performance.

On that note, let us take a look at the 5 talking points of today’s game

#5 Henry Kisseka troubles Juanan and Johnson

Right from the first minute Henry started troubling the likes of Johnson and Juanan and gave plenty of headaches to the Bengaluru defence. He split open the BFC defence with a perfect pass to VP Suhair but the Kerala born striker placed his shot wide of the mark.

Kisseka broke the deadlock when he beat the offside trap and ran onto a Musa pass to slot the ball past Gurpreet to give Gokulam the lead against Bengaluru.

Henry Kisseka also dropped deep to collect the ball sometimes and did release the likes of Musa and Suhair with some good through balls.

John Johnson and Juanan didn't have the best of games today, and they looked sloppy at patches and gaps seemed to appear in the BFC defence at regular intervals.