Shocked Abahani want to turn the tide

Bangladesh Premier League champions Abahani are relied upon to confront a tough undertaking when they go up against high-flying Bengaluru FC in their second Group E experience of the AFC Cup at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru today around evening time. 

Abahani went to India on the back of a 1-0 home thrashing against New Radiant SC of Maldives, and now they are up against a considerably more grounded side, who have been playing in the Indian Super League (ISL) since last November. On Sunday, Bengaluru FC achieved the last of the establishment alliance in the wake of beating FC Pune City 3-1. 

Bengaluru had come to the AFC Cup qualifying round by beating Bhutan's Transports United (3-0 on total) before dispatching TC Sports Club of Maldives (8-2 on total) in the play-off qualifiers. 

In any case, they handled second-string sides in their qualifying apparatuses and may rest some of their best players against Abahani in front of Saturday's ISL last. 

Abahani, in the mean time, were expected to have their last practice session at the match scene the previous evening following the landing of Nigerian twosome Emeka Darlington and Alison Udoka. 

The players were evidently in a condition of stun because of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Kathmandu on Monday as the Abahani players likewise utilized a similar carrier to travel to Kolkata around the same time. 

"The players are in stun following the plane crash in Nepal as we sat down to talk with a couple of travelers of that flight amid our takeoff. In any case, the players are concentrating on tomorrow's match," mentor Saiful Bari Titu said over telephone yesterday. 

"Bengaluru will be an extremely troublesome side yet we will endeavor to enhance our execution. We would prefer not to give space and enable the restriction to come in as we did against New Radiant," Titu said. "Abahani beat Bengaluru in Dhaka amid the last version, so in the event that we can put forth a strong effort and commit less number of errors, it is conceivable to secure focuses against them."