East Bengal in motion vs Paro FC.© East Bengal
East Bengal kicked off their AFC Problem League marketing campaign with an exhilarating 2-2 draw towards Bhutan’s Paro FC, salvaging an important level because of Dimitrios Diamantakos’ second-half equaliser. The Tremendous Cup champions struck early via Madih Talal, who transformed Saul Crespo’s exact cutback within the fifth minute to place East Bengal within the lead. Nevertheless, the benefit was short-lived as the house facet responded simply three minutes later with a William Opoku penalty after Evans Asante drew a foul from Anwar Ali within the field.
With the sport evenly poised, Paro seized momentum, conserving East Bengal’s defence on their toes.
Koki Narita’s long-range effort and Tomoyuki Unno’s deflected shot examined Prabhsukhan Gill, who stood agency.
Paro’s persistence paid off in stoppage time, when Asante capitalised on a swift counterattack, sprinting from midfield to fit previous Gill and ship the hosts into the break 2-1 up.
Within the second-half, East Bengal pushed ahead in the hunt for an equaliser.
Kazuo Homma almost prolonged Paro’s lead with a close-range header earlier than Diamantakos responded, firing extensive from simply outdoors the field.
However the Greek ahead made no mistake together with his subsequent alternative within the 69th minute, coolly ending Nandhakumar Sekar’s pinpoint cross after a surging run down the proper.
The Indian Tremendous League facet now look forward to their subsequent Group A conflict towards Bangladesh’s Bashundhara Kings on Tuesday, aiming to construct on this hard-earned draw.
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