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[caption id="attachment_2832" align="alignnone" width="580"] East Bengal team Hurdle at Practice. Image Source: File Pic[/caption] Kolkata: After East Bengal’s humiliating loss against Salgaocar 3-1, East Bengal team management is still not losing hopes on championship. They feel East Bengal is still in contender for the championship. East Bengal coach Biswajit Bhattacharya quoted as saying, “We can still win the league. It’s still a long way to go. But we need to win all the matches from here now.” The gaffer looked very annoyed with the team’s performance last match. He added, “We did not play according to our plan. It was a bad day at the office. We played a kind of scattered football. I have spoken to my players after the match and they have promised to rectify the errors from the next match.” East Bengal’s heartthrob Do-Dong-Hyun was not fielded again like last few matches. On this issue, Biswajit said, “Dong was there in my plan yesterday but Bello’s injury forced to change my strategy.” Meanwhile, Bello Rasaq who injured himself in the match was immediately taken to the Hospital for treatment. The doctors found an eye problem and its regarding power in his eyes. He was released soon and advised to take rest for two days. The Red and Gold’s coach looked furious with referee’s decision giving Sehnaj the marching orders. He signed off saying, “We will speak to the club officials and then think of giving any letter to the AIFF or not.” East Bengal’s technical manager, Alvito D’ Cunha quoted as saying, “ Mohun Bagan’s losing points has helped us to breathe easy now. It’s an advantage for us. If we can win the return derby and defeat Bengaluru FC while Mohun Bagan defeat Bengaluru FC we will emerge as champions. But we can’t lose points from here on. Every match is like final. We can’t think of home and away matches.” East Bengal had a recovery session in at the Colva Beach of Goa on Wednesday and they will have a practice session tomorrow before leaving for Pune in the evening.