East Bengal-0
Northeast Utd FC-2(Surchandra(og),Rocherzela)
A mighty East bengal lost another match to the highlanders due to a bit of badluck and poor planning.East Bengal started the match on a positive note by making a lots of attack.The trio of Maghoma,Pilkington and Steinmann troubled northeast defence very much.The first chance for the red and gold brigade came on 4th mins when jack Maghoma delivered a free kick but Scott Nevill’s weak header fell to Gurmeet Singh hands.In the 20th mins Maghoma made a brilliant attacking move inside the opponent’s box and was put down illegally by Ashutosh Mehta.But instead of giving a penalty referee said play on which again shows the poor referring standard of ISL. At the half-hour mark when they took the lead in a fortuitous manner. Appiah made a fine run on the right flank and found Sylla in the box. The striker failed to make good contact, but the ball deflected off defender Surchandra Singh's leg and rolled into the goal. The second half continued with the same intensity with both teams going on the attack early on. SCEB keeper Debjit Majumder was forced into action early in the second half with Appiah and Sylla both testing him. At the hour mark, SCEB had another sureshot penalty claim when Anthony Pilkington’s shot at goal seemed to have brushed a NEUFC defender’s arm before being parried by the keeper.But the referee turned a deaf ear to the appeals and making another poor decision. Sylla had a chance to settle the game in the 71st minute but with just the keeper to beat, the Guinean’s shot went wide. But NEUFC eventually doubled their lead off a late counter attack. Suhair Vadakkepeedika picked out Rochharzela in the box and the youngster found the back of the net to end SCEB's hopes.This match again shows how desperately East Bengal needs a foreign striker.Also I couldn’t understand why Robbie Fowler is not giving enough game time to Jeje.Also in this Match in absence of Danny Fox Sehnaj looked absolutely perfect in the defence.There is huge potential in this team.A little bit of match fitness can do wonders for this team and this team can even be champions if everything goes right.
~ S.K.Chakraborty
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