Calcutta Football League champions East Bengal Club continued their CFL campaign with a hard earned 2-0 win over Calcutta Customs at the East Bengal ground on Wednesday afternoon.
The unlikely hero was Trinidad & Tobago defender Carlyle Mitchell with two second half headers to seal the game for the red and gold.
After a rather unimpressive performance, the red and gold can thank their T&T defender for bailing them out in a game which saw unimaginative play from East Bengal and gritty defending from Calcutta Customs.
MATCH STATS
East Bengal Club 2-0 Calcutta Customs
Goals: 1-0,2-0 Carlyle Mitchell (77′,90+’)
East Bengal Club: Luis Xavier Barreto – Samad Ali Mallick, Gurwinder Singh, Carlyle Mitchell, Lalramchullova – Brandon Vanlalremdika, Richard Costa (66′ Cavin Lobo), Mahmoud Al Amna, Laldanmawia Ralte (74′ Surabuddin Mallick) – Willis Plaza (83′ Prakash Sarkar), V.P. Suhair
Calcutta Customs: Priyant Kumar Singh – Srikant Ghosh (32′ Rahul Das), Sourav Das Gupta, Samuel Kane, Somnath Aich – Sumit Ghosh, John Ampong, Dhiman Sinha, Sanchayan Samadder (72′ Suman Dutta), Ujjal Haulader (82′ Amit Roy), Joseph Olaniran
Referee: Uttam Sarkar
Man of the Match: Carlyle Mitchell (East Bengal Club)