Santosh Trophy 2018: Bengal vs Maharashtra, Live Match Updates

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Its all over ... West Bengal 5-1 Maharashtra

Maharashtra players were outclassed by the opponent in the entire match, they had nothing to cheer except their goal early in the match

GOAL!!!! West Bengal nets its fifth in the dying minutes of the match !!! Rajon Burman in the scorer

The most promising player of the match, Tirthankar, is taken off

West Bengal substitution: Tirthankar: OUT, Sanchayan: IN

West Bengal substitution: Jiten Murmu: OUT, Rajon: IN

GOAL !!!! Vidyasagar Singh completes his brace, West Bengal take a 4-1 lead !!!

GOAL!!! Vidyasagar Singh scores !!! West Bengal 3-1 Maharashtra

West Bengal's substitution: Sumit: OUT, Sujoy: IN

Yet another sitter missed by Sumit Das !!! Score remains 2-1 in favour of the hosts

Vidyasagar's shot saved by the goalkeeper !!!!

Substitution for Maharashtra: Nikhil : OUT, Sahil: IN

Jiten Murmu finally scores, after so many missed chances. Tirthankar with the assist !!!

GOAL !!! West Bengal gets their second, and take the lead on the stroke of the hour mark

The ball found the back of the net, but the referee awarded a foul against West Bengal and disallowed the goal

Substitution for Maharashtra: Faizan: IN, Baraskar: OUT

Maharashtra's goalkeeper gets injured during the time West Bengal scored, he is still down on the pitch

GOAL !!! Finally, West Bengal gets the equaliser by strike form Manotosh Chakladar !!!

The scence hasn't changed much in the second half, West Bengal still dominating possession but failing to convert

Murmu's header goes wide!!!! Tirthankar's well-measured cross is wasted

Sumit Das starts the second half on a positive note, hopefully his efforts will get his team the much needed goal

Second half gets underway !!!

It's Half-Time, West Bengal 0-1 Maharashtra

As we approach the end of the first half, Bengal coach Ranjan Choudhury will have a lot to talk about with the players

Vidyasagar Singh's inch-perfect cross was not connected properly by Jiten Murmu, West bengal dissapoint once again

The main problem of west bengal has been the lack of intent in the final third

The main problem of West Bengal has been the lack of intent in the final third

West Bengal gets a corner, but the kick goes in vain as Maharashtra produces a counter-attack but the visitors also waste their chance

Skipper Jiten Murmu with a chance, but it hardly affects the score line

West Bengal still dominating proceedings at the Howrah Stadium, but the scoreline remains the same

Sumit Das went down in the box and the West Bengal players are asking for a penalty. But the referee awarded a free-kick against them

Sumit Das misses a sitter !!!! West Bengal nearly scored the equaliser

Sumit Das showing great intent in West Bengals' attacks, he is a player to watch out

Bengal players now have a task on their hands, they are playing positive football, but need to try harder

Goal !!!! Leander Dharmai scores for Maharashtra!!!!

Both the teams playing cautiously at the moment !!!

We are underway at the Sailen Manna Stadium in Howrah !!!

Bengal will be looking to build on their good start in the Santosh Trophy main draw, as they come face to face with Maharashtra in their second group stage match at the Howrah Municipal Corporation Ground, today.

The defending champions got their campaign off to a flying start with a 3-0 thumping of Manipur in the first game.

Bengal, who have qualified for the main draw of the Santosh Trophy earlier this year through the East Zone qualifiers, will be looking to notch up yet another title in 2018.

While the atmosphere in the Bengal camp was a bit tensed early on, the defending champions would have been relieved to see their captain Jiten Murmu return to the squad. Murmu, who plays for Mohammedan Sporting, had been absent from training for five days prior to the event.

However, four other key members have not been included in the squad, something that could hurt them later on.