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East Bengal Club scored a lone goal win through a Do Dong Hyun penalty against Mohammedan Sporting Club in their eighth Calcutta Football League’s Premier Division – A match at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium in Kolkata this afternoon to once more lift the CFL title.
Defending champions East Bengal moved to 24 points from eight matches, while Mohammedan Sporting Club remain on 17 points from nine matches.
The match did not rise to any great heights in the first session which ended goalless, but after the break in the 72nd minute South Korean Do Dong Hyun netted the only goal of the match to give the red and gold the three points.
Later in the day, Mohun Bagan suffered a surprise 0-1 loss to Tollygunge Agragami to end their title challenge and give the title to East Bengal ahead of their final games.
East Bengal today won their seventh successive Calcutta Football League title to beat their record from the 1970s, when they had won sixth straight titles from 1970 to 1975.
MATCH STATS
East Bengal Club 1-0 Mohammedan Sporting Club – Goals: 1-0 Do Dong Hyun (72′ pen)
East Bengal Club: Dibyendu Sarkar – Samad Ali Mallick (90+3′ Koushik Sarkar), Arnab Mondal, Calum Angus, Narayan Das – Rahul Bheke, Mehtab Hossein, Mohammed Rafique (90+2′ Bikash Jairu), Lalrindika Ralte – Do Dong Hyun (90+3′ Abinash Ruidas), Jiten Murmu
Mohammedan Sporting Club: James Kaitan – Nitesh Chikkaria, Lancing Toure, Rana Gharami, Pranit Lama – Atinder Mani (61′ Sajith P.V.), Dipankar Das, Dipendu Dowari, Mumtaz Akhtar – Manvir Singh, Leonce Dodoz
Referee: Ajit Dutta
Man of the Match: Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal Club)
