Bengaluru, SC East Bengal share factors after 1-1 attract ISL

Bengaluru FC’s hopes of securing playoffs qualification suffered one other blow as they have been held to a 1-1 draw by a resilient SC East Bengal within the Indian Super League right here on Tuesday.
The outcome additionally prolonged SCEB’s winless run to 9 matches.
Semboi Haokip (twenty eighth) opened the scoring with a diving header till Sourav Das (OG fifty fifth) handed the equaliser to the opposition with an personal objective on the Athletic Stadium.
In a nervy begin, SC East Bengal’s goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharja was proven an early yellow card for fouling Prince Ibara.
On the opposite finish, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu additionally had a rusty begin as he misjudged a free-kick from deep that went unpunished.
It took the 18th minute for both facet to create a significant scoring alternative when Lalrinliana Hnamte’s shot from the sting of the field was blocked by the BFC defence.
Roshan Naorem was proven a yellow card for a shirt pull and the next free-kick led to Semboi Haokip breaking the impasse simply earlier than the half-hour mark. He scored with a diving header which gave no probability to the keeper.
Alan Costa almost scored the equaliser from Cleiton Silva’s free-kick a couple of moments later however his header went barely over the bar.
Marco Pezzaiuoli’s males saved urgent for an equaliser however went into the halftime break trailing. The restart noticed the tactician ship Sunil Chhetri to alter the complexion of the match.
The equaliser lastly got here after a interval of sustained stress by the Blues within the second half. A cross from the fitting flank by Roshan was met by Sourav Das whose miscued header went previous his personal goalkeeper on the close to submit.
Ibara was a continuing risk and had the prospect to present BFC the benefit after the hour mark however his header went over the crossbar.
BFC was once more denied the lead on the 71st-minute mark after Chhetri’s strike from 10-yards out was cleared on the road by Hira Mondal.
The Blues piled on extra stress as substitute Ankit Mukherjee picked up a yellow card for a foul foul on Ashique Kuruniyan within the late levels of the match.
Udanta Singh additionally took an try at objective however he sliced throughout the ball which swerved away from the goal.
Five minutes have been added for stoppages however neither facet was capable of finding the successful objective as they settled for a degree every.
SC East Bengal can be subsequent in motion in opposition to leaders Mumbai City FC on the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Friday, whereas Bengaluru FC additionally performs the Islanders of their subsequent project on the PJN Stadium on Monday.