Emami East Bengal FC got their win against ten man down Downtown Heroes FC with 3-1 scoreline today, at Kishore Bharati Kriragan. In the last moment a harmonic message came from Jesin TK for his State Kerala, after scoring East Bengal FC’s third goal.
Three goals thriller in the first half! The thrills begins from in the end of the first quarter. At 22’nd minute East Bengal FC Got a free kick from a dangerous position, Mohammed Riyas committed a foul on Madih Talal outside of the box, from 22 meter distance Talal took that free kick and scored the first goal for East Bengal FC. At 25’th minute from another attack from the left wing, Mahesh passed the ball into the box for David, from a one on one situation he tried to took a shot but, he was offside.
From the right wing from a counter attack at 27th minute Darius Snorton back pass the ball to Shahmeer Tariq, he took a long ranger shot but it goes wide. Within three minutes DHFC build up another attack, from the right wing Downtown player delivered the ball for Aafreen Basharat, East Bengal FC defender Mohamad Rakip tried to cleared the ball but, the ball hits Aafreen and goes inside the net, Downtown Heroes made the scoreline 1-1.
At 33’rd minute Iqlak Fayaz committed a foul on PV Vishnu inside the box and gave a penalty to them, Saul Crespo took that penalty and scored the leading goal for East Bengal FC at 36’th minute of the match. EBFC went back to the dressing room with 2-1 leading scoreline.
In the starting of the second half, Downtown Heroes seemed a bit possessed. At 57’th minute from the left wing East Bengal build up an attack, Hyder Yusuf committed a foul on Madih Talal, East Bengal FC got a free kick, Talal took that, he delivered the ball into the box, Lal Chungunga headed down the ball for Hijazi Maher, but he missed the shot. At 61’st minute DHFC made a counter attack, Snorton made a run with the ball but, Rakip cleared the ball, well defend by Rakip.
At 79’th minute DHFC got ten man down, when Zahid Yousuf committed rough tackel on substitute player Ajad Saheem and got booked for the second time.
In the additional time substitute player Jesin TK scored the final goal for East Bengal FC today. With his individual brilliancy he took a strike towards the post, just outside from the eighteen yards box and changed the scoreline 3-1 for his team, and celebrated in commendable way, he brings up a shirt a harmonic message with “Stay strong Wayanad we are with you, this is for you”.
Today he scored his first senior team goal. In group A East Bengal is now in the first place with six points.
Today’s Man Of The Match was Majid Talal, with a proactive performance and one goal.
Match Highlights
Key stats East Bengal FC vs Downtown Heroes FC:
BALL POSSESSION: EB 54%, DHFC 46%
SHOTS: EB 14, DHFC 7
SHOTS ON TARGET: EB 8, DHFC 3
FOULS: EB 11, DHFC 12
YELLOW CARD: EB 2, DHFC 7
RED CARD: EB 0, DHFC 1
CORNERS: EB 6, DHFC 4
OFFSIDE: EB 1, DHFC 1
