‘Ye humare gali meh hota hai’ – Fans react after Kerala Blasters walk out of the field allowing Bengaluru FC to the semis

Bengaluru FC have qualified for the semi-finals of the Indian Super League as Sunil Chhetri scored a controversial goal in the seventh minute of the extra time. Chhetri twined the freekick into the goal while the Kerala keeper was out of position. Kerala players were not happy with the way the goal was executed and they decided to leave the field.

Bengaluru were declared the winners when the Blaster refused to come back even after 20 minutes. The match was played at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore on Friday. Kerala dominated the possession in the first half but couldn’t go past Bengaluru’s keeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.

Bengaluru has six shots in the first half, but only one on target. Three of those shots were attempted by Roy Krishna. He registered the only target shot of the half from the tight angle in the 24th minute. Danish Farooq’s bouncing header from the corner was missed by Victor Mongil at the far post before the flag went up for offside against the defender three minutes after the half-hour mark.

During the second half, the visitors kept the ball with them most of the time and had a chance of a free kick in the 53rd minute, but Adrian Luna missed the chance by kicking the in the air. Around an hour mark, Bengaluru’s Suresh Wangjam’s effort from outside flew through traffic.

In the 83rd minute, Kerala’s Dimitrios Diamantakos registered the first shot on target, but his header was not so hard for Sandhu to claim as the game went to extra time. One minute into the extra time, Rahul KP from the Blasters tried a shot that was flicked by his teammate Luna and went inches wide at the far post.

Chhetri scored the controversial goal in the seventh minute before the Blasters decided to leave the field. Bengaluru will now take on Mumbai City FC in a two-legged semi-final on March 7 and 12 starting with an away trip.

Look how Twitter reacted to this controversial match:

Kbfc had the guts to do it to change the entire system !

— SREEVARUN JS (@hemi_theos) March 4, 2023

This is unfair man matlab referee pagal hai kya yar wall set nhi kya udhar freekick area mai player set nhi the freekick whistle tak nhi bajya aur goal kar diya @chetrisunil11 you disappoint man

— Saugat Goswami (@saugat6667) March 3, 2023

Sunil chetri is setting a good example to the future on how to score the goal in a dishonorable way. We don't have to play a match where rules are bended for one side

— Nandhu (@Nandhunair25) March 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/ProudIn80215634/status/1631717837311016960

They have still 23 mins left in the game , if they have confidence , they should be playing and try to win that or atleast tie the match , results can be decided after penalties.

— Narhari (@musicians_on) March 3, 2023

Fake goal by bengluru fc

— sarath svs 98 (@sarath19981) March 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/Aakassh_Tiwari/status/1631718943244308481

https://twitter.com/skumara003d/status/1631858626016206849

If anyone watches regular football knows 2 things

Chettri is a Legend and is also one of the smartest players on the field

Blasters fanbase are toxic and are knowing for creating nuisance on and off the pitch

The goal was fair and is valid

— Zafaron Indigo (@ZafaronIndigo) March 4, 2023