Bhubaneswar, 22 Jan: Bengaluru FC and Inter Kashi played out a 1-1 draw in their inconsequential Group D match in the Super Cup here on Monday.
Both teams had been knocked out of the competition and the result meant they registered their first points on the board.
A game with no real returns for either team — other than the opportunity to end the tournament on a high — predictably started off at a sedate pace, with both sides trading possession in midfield but unable to find composure in the final third.
The texture of the contest was changed by a moment of pure brilliance by Kashi’s Edmund Lalrindika in the 15th minute. The midfielder, on loan from Bengaluru FC, picked up the ball on the left of the box, turned, twisted and cut past three defenders before curling a finish to the far post, beyond Sahil’s desperate dive.
Bengaluru could have had an equaliser almost immediately, if Javi Hernandez and Halicharan Narzary showed more composure at the other end of the pitch. The former was guilty of looping a header high and the latter of blasting wide from a tight angle soon after. (PTI)