Blues regroup for pre-season as AFC Cup challenge continues

Super Cup champions Bengaluru FC kicked off the first leg of their 2018-19 pre-season with an open training session at the Bangalore Football Stadium today.

All seven new signings - Kean Lewis, Rino Anto, Sairuat Kima, Gursimrat Gill, Soram Poirei, Chencho Gyeltshen and Xisco Hernandez - along with the retained players put in a shift under the watchful eyes of newly appointed head coach Carles Cuadrat.

The Blues begin their competitive season with a two-legged AFC Cup Inter-Zone semifinal clash against Turkmenistan's Altyn Asyr FK and Cuadrat says the challenge ahead is one he is looking forward to.

"I'm very happy to be back. When you see the kind of supporters we have and the hard work that goes into the club, you feel proud to be part of it. We have a long preseason now and we will do our best to prepare ourselves for the Asian challenge.

"We're aware about the quality of the opponents at this stage of the competition and that we need to be at our best going into the start of the campaign."