Emami East Bengal FC consolidated its place on prime of the standings because it beat a 10-man Downtown Heroes FC 3-1 in a Group A league match of the 133rd Durand Cup on the Kishore Bharati Stadium right here on Wednesday (August 7, 2024).
Madih Talal opened the scoring course of for East Bengal from a free-kick within the twenty ninth minute earlier than Downtown Heroes levelled the difficulty with a wonderful aim from Aafreen Basharat within the thirtieth minute. Spanish midfielder Saul Crespo transformed from the spot to assist East Bengal regain the lead within the thirty sixth minute earlier than substitute Jesin T.Okay. accomplished the tally with a aim within the second half injury-time.
Downtown was lowered to 10 males within the eightieth minute when its defender Zahid Yousif was marched off together with his second reserving of the match. East Bengal tallied six factors from two wins to proceed on prime of the present group league place.
Indian Military picked up its second win on the trot by convincingly outplaying one other Companies aspect Assam Rifles 3-0 in a Group D encounter performed on the JRD Tata Sports activities Advanced, Jamshedpur. The win noticed Indian Military tying with host Jamshedpur FC on six factors however took the second spot within the group standings owing to an inferior aim common.
The outcomes:
Group A (Kolkata): Emami East Bengal 3 (Madih Talal 29, Saul Crespo 36-pen, Jesin T.Okay 90+3) bt Downtown Heroes FC 1 (Aafreen Basharat 30).
Group D (Jamshedpur): Indian Military FT 3 (Alan Thapa7, Pradeep Singh 61-pen, Sunil B. 89) bt Assam Rifles FT 0.
