East Bengal misplaced of their AFC Challenge League match© X (Twitter)
Arkadag (Turkmenistan):
A ten-man East Bengal conceded two late targets to go down 1-2 to FC Arkadag of Turkmenistan and crash out of the quarterfinals within the AFC Challenge League on Wednesday. Messi Bouli put East Bengal within the lead within the first minute of the second leg quarterfinal match, however the Indian Super League facet had 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 targets (89th and 90 eighth) to seal the semifinal spot with 3-1 on combination.
They had received 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 profitable the 2024 Super Cup.
They had topped Group A with seven factors to make it to the quarterfinals.
The Red and Gold brigade acquired off to a dream begin as Arkadag goalkeeper Rausl Charyyev might solely parry Dimitiros Diamantakos’ strike into the trail of Bouli, who gleefully tucked dwelling the rebound.
Chances continued to fall the way in which of the Oscar Bruzon-coached Indian facet and so they almost doubled their benefit within the seventeenth minute when Diamantakos produced a surging run by the center.
But his low shot crashed in opposition to the submit with Richard Celis unable to transform the rebound.
Arkadag appeared to regain the benefit however Shanazar Tirkishov dragged his shot large from simply contained in the field earlier than an damage 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.
Despite enjoying with a person much less, East Bengal had been nonetheless creating probabilities with their quick breaks, going shut within the 52nd minute when Celis didn’t get his header on course 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 dwelling facet’s persistence lastly paid off when Annadurdyyev transformed from the spot after Tirkishov was introduced down by Sauvik Chakrabarti.
Annadurdyyev made certain of the win when he made a lung bursting run within the added time to comb dwelling from 13 yards out to take Arkadag by to the semifinals.
