SHILLONG, OCT 9: East Bengal finally broke the jinx against Shillong Lajong by defeating the men in red at their home ground by 4 goals margin on Wednesday at the JN stadium complex.
The visitor piled on the pressure on the home team and finally was rewarded in the twentieth minutes when Moga nodded in past Vinay to open East Bengal’s account. Lajong responded almost instantly with a Subhash Singh scorcher, which flew over the crossbar.
It was East Bengal though who once again found the net through Chidi Edeh who latched on to a perfect pass from the wing to double the lead for his team. Falopa then replaced the injured Vashum with Malsawtluanga in the 43rd minute. That brought the first half to a close, with East Bengal clearly looking more dangerous on the break.
Crossing over, the Reds tried to pull back into the game, but in form Moga put the game beyond doubt when Calvin Lobo curled a beautiful ball past Vinay Singh into the far post to silenced the home crowd.
Man of the match Moga then completed the formalities with another sublime finish past the Lajong custodian to make it 4-0 in the 61st minute with the Reds conceding their first loss to East Bengal at Shillong.
Thangboi then brought on Tuboi for Uilliams, Lalramluaha for Milan Singh, and Samuel for Glen as the match ticked its way into the final whistle. The whistle finally sounded, even as East Bengal tasted their first away win over Shillong Lajong. – By Our Reporter
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