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Salgaocar demolish East Bengal
TEAM HERALD
PANJIM: Salgaocar maintained their perfect record against East Bengal at
Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, for almost a decade after they scurried to a 4-
0 victory in a 12th round ILeague clash on Thursday. Salgaocar led 1- 0
at the break.
East Bengal have not won against Salgaocar since the 2001 National
Football League and when captain Mehtab Hossain was sent off in the 16th
minute for a second bookable offence, it was clear that East Bengal’s
jinx would continue for some more time.
Goals from Francis Fernandes, Ryuji Sueoka, Elijah Junior and Nicolau
Colaco helped Salgaocar score a much- needed victory.
Salgaocar started without their captain Luciano Sabrosa, while East
Bengal had to make do without the services of Uga Okpara and Naoba Singh.
East Bengal and Salgaocar started evenly but Mehtab’s sending off for
successive fouls on Francis Fernandes and Ryuji changed the equation.
Once Mehtab was off and East Bengal reduced to 10- man, Salgaocar
enjoyed the upperhand.
Salgaocar opened the account in the 25th minute after Francis Fernandes
was at the right place at the right time to give finishing touches to a
headed ball from Edeh Chidi. East Bengal defender Nirmal Chhetri tried
to curtail Francis’ attempt, but the ball deflected and beat goalkeeper
Sandip Nandy under the East Bengal goal.
There were events of controversy when referee C. R. Srikrishna refrained
from giving a free- kick to East Bengal while Harmanjot Khabra would
thank his stars for not joining his skipper in the dressing room for a
two- footed lunge.
Before the end of the first half, Salgaocar’s Tomba Singh saw his long-
ranger shave past the top right corner after some good work by Francis
Fernandes in the penalty area.
In the second session, East Bengal coach Trevor Morgan made a double
substitution at the start but Salgaocar, enjoying a player advantage,
continued to hold sway.
Salgaocar calmed nerves in the 68th minute when Ryuji followed up on a
long ball from Thounaojam D. Singh, ran some distance before getting the
better of Nandy.
Substitute Junior Elijah then added his name to the scoresheet as he
completed a move that was initiated by Marcus Mascarenhas five minutes
from close. Elijah, who came in place of Ishfaq Ahmed, was denied a
penalty after Nirmal Chettri brought him down in the 70th minute.
It was worse for East Bengal in the last minute of play when Nicolau
Colaco’s ball was headed into his own goal by Nirmal Chhetri.
Salgaocar also finished with 10 players after Biswajit Saha was issued
the marching orders.
Ryuji Sueoka was declared man-of-the match.
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