Calcutta Football League 2018: East Bengal vs George Telegraph, Live Score & Updates

FULL TIME : East Bengal 2-1 George Telegraph

A resilient George Telegraph fails to contain the East Bengal forward line as Kaushik Sarkar and Mehtab Singh's goals late in the second half propel East Bengal on level terms with Mohun Bagan on the standings.

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90+2' GOAAAAAAAAAL! Koushik Sarkar's shot from distance goes past a hapless Bubai who fumbles the incoming shot. Kassim Aidara follows in to ensure the ball is into the net as East Bengal take a 2-1 lead.

90+1' SAVE! Al-Amna's shot of a rebound is blocked on its' way.

5 Minutes Added on.

88' Al-Amna's out-swinging corner goes out of play. Another chance goes abegging for the Red and Golds.

84' East Bengal piling on intense pressure now as they look for the decisive winner to put them on level terms with Arch Rivals Mohun Bagan in the League table on points.

80' Al-Amna sets up Aidara on a plate, who blasts it off the target.

75' GOAAAAL! Mehtab Singh scores from a header off a Mahmoud Al-Amna freekick.

71' Bali Gagandeep replaces Laldanmawia Ralte.

69' GOAAAAAAL! Justin Morgan fires one in with outside of his right boot to give George Telegraph the lead. East Bengal are trailing for the first time in the Calcutta Football League 2018.

66' Rajib Ghorui penalised for a slight kick on Brandon's calves. The Mizo born winger is down with pain.

63' Rajib Shaw skies an opportunity.

61' OFF THE POST! Justin goes past three defenders, shoots and hits the post!

59' Rakshit Dagar collects an incoming cross with ease.

58' Aniyeche booked for a rough tackle on Kassim Aidara.

57' Al-Amna's corner yields nothing for the Red and Golds. George Telegraph recover.

53' Numerous fouls being committed early in the second half, as the game goes slightly out of the referee's control.

50' Rajib Ghorui is down injured after a terrible clash with Mahmoud Al-Amna.

Second half kicks off. Brandon Vanlalremdika replaces Lalrindika Ralte.

HALF TIME : East Bengal 0-0 George Telegraph

An excellent defensive display from George Telegraph is the talk of the half time as numerous East Bengal moves up the pitch failed to get past the resilient defence spearheaded by Captain Aniyeche. Stay Tuned to Sportskeeda for the second half.

2 Minutes Added on.

45' SAVE! Dagar saves an headed attempt from the corner.

44' Nabi Khan gets the ball into the box, finds Rajib Ghorui who shoots, Dagar saves. Corner to George Telegraph.

40' George Telegraph defence have been amazing so far. They are bravely thwarting away each and every East Bengal move up the pitch. The Red and Golds desperately need a Plan B as wing play is clearly not working here.

35' Laldanmawia's cross from the right fails to find a Red and Gold shirt at the far side, goes out of play.

32' MISS! Lalrindika Ralte blasts off a belter of shot from distance, but the ball is off target. Bubai could do nothing but watch.

30' Bubai being kept busy with regular goal-mouth action from East Bengal

27' East Bengal get couple of corners swung in but the George Telegraph defence is extremely resilient and get their lines clear with no trouble whatsoever.

22' Bubai Singha denies Laldanmawia.

18' Bubai comes off his line yet again to sweep away the ball before Justin gets to it. Clinical stuff from the former Mohun Bagan and Air India goalkeeper.

16' George Telegraph get a corner swung in, Lalramchullova clears.

12' Surabuddin caught offside.

6' Justin cuts in, shoots but Asim Dey is on the way to block the shot.

4' Lalrindika Ralte swings in a corner, Stephen Harry clears it for safety.

2' Jobby is played through on goal but Babui comes off his line to deny the Kerala based lad.

Kick-off

Line Ups :

East Bengal : Dagar (GK), Mehtab, Koushik (C), Debnath, Lalramchullova, Laldanmawia, Aidara, Surabuddin, Al-Amna, Lalrindika, Jobby
George Telegraph : Bubai (GK), Nabi Khan, Asim Dey, Echezone Aniyechie (C), Mohan Sarkar, Chandra Sekhar, Debayan Saha, Rajib Shaw, Rajib Ghorui, Stephen Harry, Justice Morgan

It is drizzling here in Maidan.

The players are marching towards the pitch.

Delayed kick-off due to television broadcast issues.

Hello and Welcome to Sportskeeda's LIVE Coverage of the Calcutta Football League tie between heavyweights East Bengal and the dark hoses George Telegraph.

The Red and Golds would look to make amends against Telgraph to cover uptheir disastrous performance in the second period of the Extra Time period, which attracted large scale criticism from the Footballing Fraternity across the Maidan in Kolkata. However, coach Bastob Roy and Technical Director Subhash Bhowmick assured that there is nothing to worry about in the Pre-Match Press Conference.

Johnny Acosta is yet to sign in the Indian Football Association (IFA) office and is expected to sit out today as well.

The George Telegraph was quoted saying that the side is all pumped up for the game and they would not leave a single space for the East Bengal midfield which has been exemplary in the league so far.

The game kicks off at 4:30 PM in the East Bengal Ground.