AFC Cup Football: Bashundhara Kings to play Gokulam Kerala on Tuesday

Bangladesh champions Bashundhara Kings will play I-League champions Gokulam Karela FC in their 3rd and last Group D match of the AFC Cup Football’ 2022 on Tuesday.

The match will kick-off at 5 pm Bangladesh time at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium) in Kolkata, UNB reports.

The Group D table topper ATK Mohun Bagan of Kolkata will play Maziya S&RC of the Maldives in Tuesday’s other match at 9 pm Bangladesh time  at the same venue.

Although the Bashundhara Kings made a good start in their 2nd AFC Cup Football beating Maziya S&RC of the Maldives 1-0 last Wednesday, but they went down in the race after suffering 0-4 defeat against ATK Mohun Bagan last Saturday.

After the 2nd round Group D matches, all the four teams have secured three points each with one win and a defeat,

But in goal differences, Kolkata Mohun Bagan topped the group list with two plus goals, followed by Gokulam Kerala one plus goal, Maziya S&RC zero goal and Bashundhara Kings minus three goals.

Last two times Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) champions Kings was almost out of the Asia Cup 2022, after a humiliating 0-4 goals defeat against Kolkata giant Mohun Bagan with whom they played 1-1 draw in the last Asia Cup in Male last year.

Actually they watched the Mohun Bagan’s tornado in the last match, led by hattrick maker Goa footballer Liston Colaco after witnessing the natural disaster in the beginning of Saturday’s match.

In the early first half, Bashundhara Kings came close to score on three occasions within first 20 minutes, but failed convert any. In the next few minutes they conceding two quick goals and they never back in the match.

Indian professional footballer Liston Colaco scored a hattrick for Mohun Bagan scoring three goals in a row –first two goals in span of only eight minutes of the first half and the 3rd goal in the 53rd minute, astonishing the Bangladesh champions.