Moroccan substitute Hamid Ahadad’s 68th minute aim helped Emami East Bengal FC beat Namdhari Sports Academy by a solitary aim in a Group-A match of the 134th Durand Cup event on the Salt Lake Stadium on Wednesday, to brighten its quarterfinal probabilities.
With 4 foreigners in its ranks, East Bengal made a robust begin and loved round 70 per cent ball possession however that dominance was not mirrored within the scoreline as its attackers did not utilise the probabilities.
Namdhari additionally rode its luck seeing three makes an attempt from the East Bengal ahead Miguel Damasceno coming off the framework.
Ahadad, who got here in as a 61st minute substitute, discovered the mark within the 68th minute from a Damasceno nook to safe the win for East Bengal, which now has six factors from two wins with a match to go.
Earlier, Indo-Tibetan Border Police soccer group held ISL facet Punjab FC to a goalless attract a Group-D match on the SAI Stadium in Kokrajhar.
Punjab FC earned lots of scoring probabilities however its forwards muffed alternatives and allowed ITBP snatch some extent from the goalless encounter. Both groups remained locked on prime of the group standings with 4 factors every from two matches and can now face native facet Bodoland FC of their final group league matches.
The outcomes: Group-A (Kolkata): Emami East Bengal 1 (Hamid Ahadad 68) bt Namdhari SA 0.
Group-D (Kokrajhar): Punjab FC 0 drew with ITBP FT 0.
