The final clash of the Indian Super League’s matchday 9 saw the two lowest-placed clubs go head-to-head. 10th-placed SC East Bengal, who had drawn their last two matches but let a win slip away in stoppage-time in one of them, faced Odisha FC, who had also come away with a point from their last clash. The only two winless sides of the season were set to battle, so this was certainly going to be a very interesting fixture: Report East Bengal started off brightly and even took the lead in the 12th minute when Raju Gaikwad’s long throw evaded everyone in the box and reached Anthony Pilkington, who headed home from close proximity. pic.twitter.com/PunQuwySdB — 🇮🇳Surjya Kundu🚩 (@KunduSurjya) January 3, 2021 Odisha came close to equalising four minutes later when Manuel O...
The final clash of the Indian Super League’s matchday 9 saw the two lowest-placed clubs go head-to-head. 10th-placed SC East Bengal, who had drawn their last two matches but let a win slip away in stoppage-time in one of them, faced Odisha FC, who had also come away with a point from their last clash. The only two winless sides of the season were set to battle, so this was certainly going to be a very interesting fixture: Report East Bengal started off brightly and even took the lead in the 12th minute when Raju Gaikwad’s long throw evaded everyone in the box and reached Anthony Pilkington, who headed home from close proximity. pic.twitter.com/PunQuwySdB — 🇮🇳Surjya Kundu🚩 (@KunduSurjya) January 3, 2021 Odisha came close to equalising four minutes later when Manuel O...
The final clash of the Indian Super League’s seventh matchday saw two winless sides go head-to-head, as 9th-placed Kerala Blasters took on bottom-club SC East Bengal. Both managers, Kibu Vicuña and Robbie Fowler were looking for their first taste of Indian victory and needed to turn things around quickly following such disappointing starts. An intriguing clash was set to ensue, and here’s what we made of it: Report East Bengal started off well and came close to opening the scoring in the 9th minute when Haobam Tomba Singh let fly from outside the box with his weaker left foot, but it was well kept out by Albino Gomes. Two minutes later, Costa Nhamoinesu got on the end of a corner as Debjit Majumdar rushed out to no avail, but his header just skimmed off the top of the crossbar. East B...