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Bordoloi Trophy: East Bengal open with 6-0 win over Bongobi Ogrogami!

Kingfisher East BengalKolkata giants East Bengal Club trounced Bongobi Ogrogami from Bangladesh 6-0 in their opening Group B fixture of 64th Bordoloi Trophy at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati tonight.

This result was East Bengal’s highest victory margin against a foreign team in the Bordoloi Trophy with the previous highest margin was a 5-1 triumph against a Dhaka XI in the 1972 final.

With this win East Bengal go to the top of the Group with three points from their opening match.

South Korean Do Dong Hyun scored twice including a penalty with Somide Adelaja, Jiten Murmu, Prohlad Roy and Nikhil Poojary scoring the other goals for the winners.

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