AFC Cup 2023: Petratos scores a brace as Mohun Bagan Super Giant thrash Odisha FC 4-0 in Group D fixture at Bhuvneshwar
Xtra Time Web Desk: Mohun Bagan Super Giant registered a comprehensive 4-0 win over Odisha FC in the first game of AFC Cup Group D match at Bhuvneshwar on Tuesday.
Sahal Abdul Samad 46” Dimitri Petratos 67” & 82” and Liston Colaco 89”. The hosts were reduced to 10 men after Mourtada Fall was flashed a red card in the 42”.
The 2023-24 season is the 19th edition of the AFC Cup and teams from five Asian zones - West, East, Central, South and ASEAN - will compete for the top prize. This will also be the final edition of the AFC Cup.
Odisha FC sealed their spot in the 2023-24 AFC Cup group stage after winning the Super Cup 2023 title and beating Gokulam Kerala in the playoff.
Mohun Bagan SG, meanwhile, came back from a goal down to beat Abahani Dhaka in the AFC Cup playoff after getting the better of Nepal’s Machhindra in the preliminary stage.
Both Mohun Bagan Super Giant and Odisha FC have been placed in Group D (South Zone) for the AFC Cup 2023-24 alongside Maldives’ Maziya Sports & Recreation Club and Bashundhara Kings from Bangladesh.
Mohun Bagan SG recently won Duran Cup title after beating arch-rivals East Bengal in the final. The Kolkata club advanced to the AFC Cup inter-zone playoff semi-finals on their previous two attempts but faltered at the same stage on both occasions.
