margao bengaluru fc will take some stopping this season whoever the opponents whatever the circumstances they seem to wriggle their way out on sunday at the nehru stadium in fatorda bengaluru fc had their backs to the wall in the face of a rampaging dempo sports club who had just staged a comeback but they still managed to troop out with a 21 victory and the federation cup in their bag for the first time dempo were left with plenty of soul searching to do they conceded a goal in the ninth minute though a penalty which sunil chhetri converted but had done remarkably well to draw level at the stroke of halftime when they won a penalty of their own tolgay ozbey their highest goal scorer scored from the spot but in the second session as tolgay was forced to limp out dempo lost their bite robin singh then put bengaluru ahead for the second time in the 66th minute and four minutes later dempo showed lack of maturity and calm as rowilson rodrigues unfortunate twofooted lunge on thoi singh not only earned him the red card but also left dempo chasing a hopeless target bengaluru showed balance maturity and imagination when josh walker their most influential player in central midfield had to leave the field with a thigh strain they didnt panic instead westwood shaped the team accordingly and came up with a solid display with just one flaw wasteful finishing the scoreline also remained unflattering because dempo ef fected two goalline saves towards the closing stages of the match despite their numerical disadvantage dempo showed heart romeo fernandes voted hero of the tournament found plenty of space to make his runs francis fernandes did the same but as they drifted in and out finding spaces between markers there was no striker worth his name in the absence of tolgay to weave his way through the box area and cause damage at either end both goals in the first session came from the spot haroon amiri whose penchant for a reckless challenge is welldocumented needlessly pushed down eugeneson lyngdoh when there seemed to be no imminent danger to the dempo goal a penalty was promptly awarded and sunil chhetri completed the formalities of putting bengaluru ahead after just nine minutes after tolgays brilliant run from the centre had yielded no result around the halfhour mark dempos equalizer came from the spot with surprising simplicity mandar rao desais corner was dealt with minimum fuss by the bengaluru goalkeeper but referee pratap singh saw something which had escaped most eyes he saw johnson tucking at the shirt of amiri and with only seconds left on the clock for the first half to end pointed to the spot amiri ran towards his coach to celebrate even before the penalty was taken but that was no problem tolgay shot straight powerfully down the middle when the goalkeeper had dived to his right oneall at the break and it