Bengaluru: All factors were in favor for Kerala Blasters on Saturday. The gallery inspired the team with more fans than at any other away match. The advantage of beating Bengaluru 3-2 in the home match. Excellent team line-up. But when the captain Jessel Carneiro and the players were disappointed by not being able to put a single goal in the opposite net to comfort the cheering fans, it was the tears of the Blasters fans that fell to tears with the referee’s final whistle.
Still, they gave the Viking clap to coach Ivan Vukumanovic and the beloved players. Facing each gallery, Vukumanović thanked the fans who had yellowed the East Gallery, the North Gallery and the South Gallery in Kandirava. The fans returned from the stadium with the feeling that they would not give up on the team even in defeat.
The match between Kerala Blasters and Bengaluru FC was at 7.30 pm, but Kerala’s fans had reached the stadium premises hours earlier. Individually and collectively, the crowd marched towards the stadium, waving flags with the blue horn on yellow and singing motivational songs for the team. Bengaluru FC fans were present only in the west gallery. An estimated 28,000 spectators attended Saturday’s game; Record attendance at Kanteerava Stadium this season!
Whenever the Kerala players came to the field for training, the fans in the gallery got excited. Even when Bengaluru captain legend Sunil Chhetri entered the field, Kerala fans welcomed him with applause. The yellow team gave the Kerala Blasters all the encouragement they could get with Mexican waves in the gallery. By the time the game started, on the other side, the West Block Blues fans, Bengaluru’s fans, had only started arriving in the western gallery.
The game became tight as the referee blew the kickoff whistle. Anyone could score. Roy Krishna, Shivashakti and Yavi Hernandez circled the Kerala goal while Adrian Luna, Dimitrios and Rahul also came to the Bengaluru goal. The excited Blasters fans fell silent in the 32nd minute.
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Roy Krishna ran towards the Kerala fans after putting the goal in the Kerala net from an impossible angle, dashing the expectations of the yellow army. ‘This is our field’ replied Manjapadak with a gesture. The fans, who were stunned for a while, continued to cheer for the team. The ball circled the face of Bengaluru’s goal several times, giving hope that the goal would be retaliated. But there was no result. After the game, there was a small scuffle in the gallery.
The behavior of Bengaluru fans by shouting and abusing the Kerala fans has become disrespectful to football. Blasters fans returned from the stadium confident that they will be back in Kanteerava next season. Blasters coach Ivan Vukumanovic also did not hide his happiness that so many fans came to support the team. However, in his words, he was also disappointed that he could not reward the fans with a victory.