Bengaluru FC’s suffered a stutter in their Asian journey on Wednesday following a 2-1 defeat to Maziya S&RC in the first leg of the AFC Cup playoff round away from home.
Ibrahim Mahudhee (64’) opened the scoring for the hosts but Nili Perdomo (71’) equalised from the spot within seven minutes. Cornelius Stewart (80’) then scored the winner to provide his side with a slender advantage ahead of the second leg in Bengaluru next week.
Leon Augustine was handed his debut, with Sunil Chhetri out with an injury. He was joined by Semboi Haokip and Ashique Kuruniyan in attack.