East Bengal begin their CFL campaign tomorrow when they take on George Telegraph. GT, who have won both of their matches and are currently ranked 2nd in the table, are expected to give a tough fight to EB. Borja and Kassim will not be able to play because of registration rules, Colado will also not take the field. Crespi and Ronaldo Oliveira, both of whom signed today, are available for selection.
George Telegraph have three foreigners in their side--Eche, Joel Sunday and Justin Morgan. Eche, in spite of his technical problems, plays his heart out against the Big Two; I have seen him literally becoming invincible when he has played against EB and MB in recent times. Justin Morgan scored against EB last season and gave GT the lead while goals by Mehtab Singh and Koushik Sarkar (in controversial circumstances) secured a win for EB. Coach Ranjan Bhattacharya, newly appointed as coach of the Bengal Santosh Trophy team, is eyeing 3 points. Without their three main foreigners, EB have their task cut out. Can Alejandros's men rise to the occasion? Can Ronaldo Oliveira make his debut for the Red and Golds a memorable one? Watch out for the clash on Sadhna News Bangla and Sadhna News YouTube channel at 3:00 p.m IST.
Nah, 'Boro Dol' are those who have backing of the full gallery (and some of them who engage in vandalizing neighboring clubs ). Peerless is not a big team even though MB couldn't beat them in last three seasons, and in spite of Peerless is a top team in the table. However strong team you assemble, you are not a big club unless the gallery is your twelveth man. EB is always in command in such matches, particularly in their own ground.
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Goal scored by Joel Sunday (on Tuesday)