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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.