East Bengal Crash Out of AFC Problem League After Loss to FC Arkadag

Messi Bouli put East Bengal within the lead within the first minute of the second leg quarterfinal match, however the Indian Tremendous League aspect have been diminished to 10 males within the thirty third minute when Lalchungnunga was despatched off by the referee for his second yellow card offence.

Altymyrat Annadurdyyez then struck two late objectives (89th and 90+eighth) to seal the semifinal spot with 3-1 on combination.

They’d gained 1-0 within the first leg match in Kolkata on March 5.

East Bengal had certified for the third tier of males’s AFC membership competitors by advantage of successful the 2024 Tremendous Cup.

They’d topped Group A with seven factors to make it to the quarterfinals.

The Crimson and Gold brigade bought off to a dream begin as Arkadag goalkeeper Rausl Charyyev may solely parry Dimitiros Diamantakos’ strike into the trail of Bouli, who gleefully tucked residence the rebound.

Probabilities continued to fall the best way of the Oscar Bruzon-coached Indian aspect and so they almost doubled their benefit within the seventeenth minute when Diamantakos produced a surging run by way of the center.

However his low shot crashed towards the submit with Richard Celis unable to transform the rebound.

Arkadag appeared to regain the benefit however Shanazar Tirkishov dragged his shot huge from simply contained in the field earlier than an harm to defender Ybrayym Mammedov within the thirtieth minute noticed him changed by Berdimyrat Rejebov.

The Turkmenistan champions got a lifeline three minutes later when East Bengal went right down to 10 males after Lalchungnunga was proven a second yellow card for a foul on Yazgylych Gurbanov.

Regardless of enjoying with a person much less, East Bengal have been nonetheless creating probabilities with their quick breaks, going shut within the 52nd minute when Celis didn’t get his header on the right track off Diamantakos’ cross.

Arkadag elevated their depth because the second half wore on with Shamammet Hydyrow forcing a finger tip save from Prabhsukhan Gill from a free-kick within the 76th as they chased an equaliser.

The house aspect’s persistence lastly paid off when Annadurdyyev transformed from the spot after Tirkishov was introduced down by Sauvik Chakrabarti.

Annadurdyyev made positive of the win when he made a lung bursting run within the added time to brush residence from 13 yards out to take Arkadag by way of to the semifinals.