Barasat : Calcutta Football League 2016 champion East Bengal have repeated the history by touching their all win record again after 39 long years. East Bengal had won all their matches in the CFL campaign twice before in 1975 and 1977. They have created another history by winning the Championship without playing a single game in Kolkata. Today, At Barasat, against Aryan, East Bengal forward Adileja scored his first goal of the tournament in the 21st minute of the game, which in the end became the decisive goal of the match, as East Bengal have repeated the history for the third time.
East Bengal had already sealed the league in their pervious match by beating the mighty Mohammedan Sporting Club and hoisted their flag in the club tent on Friday. After that the all win record for the third time was just an iceing on the cake today.
In the 21st minute of the game Adileja scored his first goal of the tournament from Bikash Jairu’s through ball. In the 47th minute of the game East Bengal got another chance to double their lead as Dika and Mehtab played a one to one between each other in Aryan’s box but Dika’s shot just missed the net by a whisker .A moment later Dika intercepted another ball from Sk. Kazim just outside the box but again his left footer just went wide. In the second half Do Dong & Lalrindika Ralte had created many chances but they couldn’t convert those into goals. There were two changes in the Red & Gold brigade from their last game as they rested Calum Angus and Md. Rafique and Kaushik Sarker & Avinash Ruidas got their chances in the first eleven.
The supporters turned up in a record number to witness the “all win” record for their favourite club again and the players have fulfilled their dream.
After winning this CFL with an all win record, the East Bengal players are now focusing on winning the I-League as it might be the last season of Hero I-League before it merges with ISL.