East Bengal shone in the first match of the Kolkata League. They started their campaign by defeating the Tollygung Pioneers 7-1 at Barrackpore Stadium on Sunday. Jasin TK scored a pair of goals. Saion Banerjee, who played in the ISL, scored a goal. Red-yellow brigade in rhythm in the first match.
In the 11th minute of the match, Red-Yellow went ahead. Shyamal Besra received the ball close to the box. His powerful shot hit the legs of the opposing bowler, Singh, and he entered the goal. After this, East Bengal began to sit on top of Tollygung. Although he created one chance after another, the goal did not come. At the end of the first half, Amon CK scored in the 43rd minute. Konakuni shot from the right after beating an opposing player. Taliganj goalkeeper Mithun Samant missed the ball and got caught in the net.
At the beginning of the second half, Tollygung scored a goal. East Bengal goalkeeper Aditya Patra could not stop Sanjay Sharma’s low shot from 18 yards away. Red-yellow could not be stopped after that. They started scoring one after another. In the 64th minute, Taliganj player Rajdeep Sardar got the ball in the box. Jessen scored from the penalty. Two minutes later, Jasin scored again with a solo skill. This time he got the ball in the half of Tollygung, went over the opponent’s defender, and scored.
Subrata Murmu scored the fifth goal in 78 minutes. Sayan’s cross from the left was headed in. Anantu S’s goal came from every attack in the 86th minute. Sion scored East Bengal’s seventh goal in stoppage time.
