Kolkata, Feb 16: East Bengal FC defeated Mohammedan SC by 3-1 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 on Sunday.
East Bengal FC were clinical in converting their chances, scoring off three out of the six shots that they took on target. They held only 42.2% of the possession in the game, but efficiency in the final third got them the three points, with the team having 21 points from 20 games and placed 11th in the table now.Vishnu Puthiya got East Bengal FC off the blocks in the fifth minute with a teasing effort, where he picked the ball up from Raphael Messi Bouli on the left side of the box. Having enough time to take an accurate shot, Vishnu couldn’t direct it on target and instead hammered the ball high and wide to the left of the goal.
Franca returned the favour on the other end in the eighth minute, engaging in a quick sequence with Joe Zoherliana, which got him the ball on the left channel of the 18-yard area. Franca’s final shot just whiffed past the left post though.Messi Bouli was constantly on the move in the final third though, finding Dimitrios Diamantakos with a telling cross in the 15th minute, which the striker received at the centre of the box but shot erroneously beyond the left side of the net. (PTI)
