Minutes before the half-time whistle, Chennai almost doubled their lead.He controlled Miku's pass on the up, skipped past a couple of Chennai defenders and had only the goalkeeper to beat. (Photo: AIFF) # Bhubaneswar: Chennai City FC emerged on top in the battle of champions, edging out Bengaluru FC 2-1 in the first quarter-final of the Super Cup 2019 played at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaness pass from deep dropped kindly for Sandro inside the Bengaluru box and the Spaniard got his shot off.Rahul Bheke found Chhetri with a lovely cut back from the right and the striker did brilliantly well to flick the ball goalwards.Bengaluru dominated possession and kept probing at the Chennai defence, which in turn put on a disciplined shift to deny the Blues continuously.

Going a goal down drew a sharp reaction from Bengaluru, who increased the tempo in search of the equaliser.Bengaluru went into the match on Thursday as the reigning champions, having won the inaugural edition of the tournament last year, but the defeat marked a premature end to their title defence.A fantastic half of football ended with the I-League champions leading the ISL champions by a solitary goal. Xisco had a brilliant chance to pull the Blues back on level terms on the 20th minute. Edwin Vanspaul&

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