Knock Kolkata Derby Rivals Out of Durand Cup, ATK Mohun Bagan Beat Emami East Bengal 1-0

Kolkata, 28th Aug 2022: Football lovers always wait for the Kolkata Derby. Meanwhile, tickets were sold out on the internet within a time of the. Fans stayed overnight in the club tents to buy physical tickets if they become available.

After all, it’s Kolkata Derby. The streets leading towards Salt Lake stadium were lined with a variety of colors. Salt Lake stadium was filled with yellow, red, and green.

The football team had returned home to India.

It was a match right from the start in which Hugo Boumous and Ivan Gonzalez battled, and the former came off as the more dominant than the other. Alex Lima too in the moment that followed let Liston Colaco know that this is a Kolkata Derby.

Ashique Kurunian was able to get past the opposition once he had the ball in the left, allowing him to slip through a few players and then get an attempt on goal within the sixteenth minute, but his shot was missed.

After a period of four minutes’ pressure Asish Rai, as well as Boumous, were able to sneak in behind the defense using two clever moves, however, the cutback of the latter Liston was not able to get the legs to get him, and East Bengal was cleared.

Ashique was able to make two back-to-back movements on the left flank since the cross was in front of Liston along with Ivan cleared. We then glided over Charalambos Kyriacou. However, his shot didn’t produce the desired outcome.

East Bengal players were content with letting their opponents possess the ball, with ATK Mohun Bagan equally keen to have possession.

Souvik Chakrabarti’s relentless tempo let him score Asish in an attacking spot during the 34th minute. He then transferred the ball to Ivan As his shots from 40 yards were soaring past the upper right.

In the end, it Was Souvik again who kept up the ball to launch an amazing counter-attack, but Eliandro dos Santos, as well as Sumeet Passi, did not sustain the energy of the attack when ATK Mohun Bagan defenders were returning in the numbers.

In the last minute of the first half, Passi scored, but in the wrong place.

From the Hugo corner that astonished everyone It was, the East Bengal forward who bungled the ball into the net of his personal.

As the game entered the final 10 minutes, football was frantic, and the crowd became restless.

Kian Nassiri was greeted with a cheering reception from the Mohun Bagan fans, with Kian as the main protagonist of the previous derby.

Cleiton was fortunate to get a break in the final 90 minutes when the clearance provided him with plenty of space, but his shot went straight to the goalkeeper.

When the referee fired his whistle, the Mohun Bagan fans roared in joy over their sixth win in a row. It was the East Bengal fans though meanwhile were about halfway away from the stadium.