ISL | East Bengal keeps its play-off chances alive with win over Hyderabad
The Hindu
East Bengal FC secures ISL play-off hopes with a 2-0 win over Hyderabad FC, moving to eighth place.
East Bengal FC kept its Indian Super League (ISL) play-off chances alive with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Hyderabad FC at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Wednesday.
East Bengal found the lead in the 86th minute off an own-goal from Hyderabad defender Manoj Mohammad before forward Raphael Messi Bouli doubled the score in injury time.
This was the third successive victory for East Bengal, which now has 27 points from 22 matches and rises to eighth in the standings.
Hyderabad remains in 12th in the 13-team table with 17 points from 22 matches.
Hyderabad started well and made some nice incisive counter-attacks in the opening session but suffered because of poor conversion record.
East Bengal controlled the action and created a lot of chances but struggled with its attempts inside the Hyderabad box.
East Bengal’s Greece-Cameroon attack combination of Dimirtios Diamantakos and Raphael Messi Bouli promised a lot but remained wayward in their efforts to deny the host the chance to find an early lead.
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