Super Cup: 5 Talking Points as Chennai City FC get the better of Bengaluru FC in clash of champions

Mauro Boerchio put in a superb performance
Mauro Boerchio put in a superb performance

#2 Chennai City's Spanish Armada is as fearsome as ever

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Pedro Manzi scored his 25th goal of the domestic season
Pedro Manzi scored his 25th goal of the domestic season

Throughout the 90 minutes under the Kalinga Stadium lights, Pedro Manzi was largely kept quiet by Juanan Gonzalez, who was the rock that he often is, for Bengaluru.

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But a player like Manzi only needs one moment to light up a game, and in this game again, he had that one moment. A superb long ball from Sandro Rodriguez was brought down by Manzi, after Harmanjot Khabra missed his interception, but he still had so much work to do after that.

He was faced one-on-one by Bheke, but he got it onto his right foot, used Bheke as the guide, and curled it around him to give Gurpreet Singh Sandhu no chance in the Bengaluru goal.

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Nestor, too, proved how good he is, with the one moment he had in front of goal. He was a bit lucky in the ball reaching when it never should have, as Bheke and Khabra left it for each other to deal with, and the ball rolled through to Nestor, who made no mistake when one-on-one with Gurpreet.

Against Goa's Spaniards or Jamshedpur's Spaniards in the semifinal, it will absolutely be no surprise if Chennai City's Spaniards come out as the ones on top.

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Edited by Raunak J
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