Puia with an astounding save from point blank range. Plaza with his artistry had crafted an opening which falls for Jairu. He gets a vicious shot away but Puia is there with a brilliant reflex save.
86' - East Bengal with the ball again. They are desperate for a win here. Narayan Das' cross is first fisted away. Comes out to Jairu and he shoots but wide.
Corner comes in and that is punched away. Das crosses it from the left and it falls to Plaza. His header has beaten the goalkeeper but he can't beat the defender on the line.
77'- Aizawl on the break. And that is probably the slowest one you will see. Three on three and Thanga is lost in the middle. No decoy runs and the defence keeps on backing off.
74' - Action on the pitch resumes. Ralte swings one in from the right and it is Narayan Das with a great run at the far post. Pulls the ball back into the danger zone. But Aizawl clear.
73' - Jairu now on the right. He cuts back and looks for the run of Wedson who was coming in from the left. But the two players not on the same wavelength.
70'- Another Aizawl player down and this it is the substitute, Ashutosh Mehta. Seems to be in a lot of pain. A bad step there and he seems to have twisted something. The big man is down in a heap. Twisted the right ankle. That can be really painful
Jairu on the counter for East Bengal. Does everything right and puts in an inch perfect cross. But Plaza can't find the back of the net from six yards out. East Bengal are blowing this.
61' - EB try to get in Rafique down the right. Muankima is there tracking his run. Plays it back to the keeper but the clearance from the keeper is wayward.
Borges tries to play in Mallick on the right. That is intercepted but Lobo quickly wins the ball back for EB. Plays in Plaza in the middle He creates space and fires. But that is way off the mark.
54' - The corner comes out to Lobo. He plays it to Jairu on the right. And he gets the ball back.
Crosses in from the right and how did East Bengal miss that? Four White jerseys in the middle and no one is clinical enough to get the ball in to the back of the net.
51' - Aizawl with a bludgeoning run down the right. He has three defenders to contend with. He takes on Narayan Das and Borges. And that's really too big a challenge.
49' - Great ball and Rafique is behind the Aizawl defence. But he takes an unnecessary extra touch and he sees the chance goes begging as Zuala closes him down.