AIFF Media Team

NEW DELHI: After a narrow victory against Sporting Clube de Goa in their first match of the Hero Futsal Club Championship, tonight Bengaluru FC beat Speedforce FC in comprehensive fashion to put themselves in pole position for semi-final qualification.

The match started at a slower pace than usual, with Speedforce FC and Bengaluru FC not looking to go for an over attacking approach. Bengaluru FC opened the scoring in the match after a wonderful team move resulted in a goal for Louis Nickson. Manish Chaudhary scored another superb goal as he shrugged off the defender with his strength and powered a shot home into the top left corner.

Bengaluru FC managed to carry their 2-goal advantage into the break, and once proceedings resumed, they scored another one immediately with Vinith Venkatesh getting on the scoresheet. Speedforce FC, to their credit, refused to accept defeat. Zubair Bin Sultan pulled one goal back and Jawaad Hussain scored another just before the 30^th minute mark to bring down the gap to one goal once again.

In the last 10 minutes of the game though, it was all Bengaluru FC. They scored 6 goals in that time, with Vinith and Manish bagging another goal each, and Robin Yadav, Lalremtluanga, Omega and Bekey Oram the other goalscorers.

The goals conceded by Speedforce FC in the last 10 minutes might come back to bite them, while for Bengaluru FC it is the cherry on the top with things so tight in the tournament. The last group game for Bengaluru FC will be against Kuppuraj FC, while Speedforce FC will come up against SC Goa.