Hero Super Cup 2023: Bengaluru FC vs Sreenidi Deccan Live Updates

4:45 PM IST: Hello everyone and welcome to Khel Now’s LIVE COVERAGE of the Bengaluru FC vs Sreenidi Deccan match in the Hero Super Cup 2023. The kick-off is at 5:00 PM IST! I’m your host Aishwarya Chakraborty, and I’ll be keeping you company through what promises a fascinating evening of football. Please wait for 30 Seconds for the Live blog to load.

Hero Super Cup 2023: Bengaluru FC vs Sreenidi Deccan - Build-up

The Group Stage of the Hero Super Cup 2023 kick-starts on Saturday, April 8, 2023, with former champions Bengaluru FC taking on Sreenidi Deccan FC at the EMS Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode.

Placed in Group A, Bengaluru FC and Sreenidi Deccan will have their task cut out as they will also face the likes of Kerala Blasters FC and RoundGlass Punjab FC.

Bengaluru FC head coach Simon Grayson felt, ahead of the opening match, that the promise of the AFC Cup is a huge motivator for his boys in the Hero Super Cup.

“This is the biggest motivation for us to have a chance of playing in the AFC Cup. We’ve had good runs in Asia before, and we want to do so again,” said Grayson. “We have to treat this tournament like five cup finals.”

Sreenidi Deccan are a relatively new outfit in Indian Football and have quickly made their mark, bringing in a host of footballing infrastructure to the city of Hyderabad. Their head coach Carlos Vaz Pinto chose to focus on the fundamentals, to achieve success against the ISL clubs.

“We are in a tough group. Bengaluru, Kerala Blasters and RoundGlass Punjab are all good teams, and we need to make sure that we play together as a team against them,” said Pinto. “We need to keep our beliefs intact, and have strong fundamentals in order to succeed.”