Gurpreet Singh Sandhu backs Bengaluru FC to bounce back

BENGALURU: India and Bengaluru FC goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is confident that the 2018/19 ISL champions will be back with a bang in the upcoming edition after a seventh-place finish in the 2020/21 season -- the first instance they didn't make the semifinals since joining the league in 2017/18.

"…We have to turn around things, we have to make some changes and start all over again. That's what the club has been trying to do. I'm very, very happy that whoever has come in so far is trying to help the club," Gurpreet said on the latest episode of Football United.

But before the ISL gets underway later this year, Bengaluru FC, under new head coach Marco Pezzaiuoli, have to contend with their AFC Cup play-off tie against Club Eagles from the Maldives on August 15. In the event of a win, Bengaluru FC will join fellow ISL side ATK Mohun Bagan, Bangladesh's Bashundhara Kings and the Maldives' Maziya Sports & Recreation in Group D.

"It's good to have pre-season start again, good to have new boys here. Finally, we are all together in a beautiful place like Bellary where we are right now and we are really looking forward to the AFC Cup. It's one of the few chances that Indian clubs get in the continental competition and we want to make the nation proud and BFC fans as well," Gurpreet said. IANS

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