The clash between the current I-League champion
Dempo Sc & the current Federation Cup champion East Bengal finished in an 1
all draw in Salt Lake stadium today in the fourth round of the I-League this
year. Edeh Chidi put the homeside ahead from a penalty at the 31st
minute of the game, Peter Carvalho rescued Armando Colaso & co this time by
scoring a delayed equalizer in the 82nd minute. With this stalemate
both the teams remain unbeaten in this I-League yet.
It was
almost 60,000 Red & Gold supporters were present in Salt Lake stadium today
to cheer & eyewitness their victory but Peter Carvalho the only man who
spoiled the party for them & restored the parity for the visitors.
Without
any argument currently two best side met today under the supervision of the two
best coaches of the country right now. So it was all about tactics &
strategy between two veteran mentors of two best sides. Regarding the previous
trackrecords the Dempo boss Armando Colaso is staying far behind the East
Bengal’s British coach Trevor James Morgan, in Morgan’s tenure these two sides
met 8 times, the Red & Gold became remain victorious 5 times while the Blue
side managed to win once only, two match finished in a stalemate. So it was a
salvage time for Armando Colaso while Morgan tried to make his record more
superior.
Morgan
kept his side unchanged, apart from the wounded custodian Abhijit Mondal, he
started with the same wining eleven of Pune F.C match, only Abhijit is replaced
by the 6 fit 2 inch Gurpreet Sing Sandhu.
Everybody
knows Armando always like to work with native boys, he always keep faith on
them & he became the most successful coach of the country with working with
those “Desi boys” having five I-League crown on his kitty. Noticeably Armando
put the EPL star Rohan Ricketts & the sensational Joaquin Abranches out of
his first eleven, he started with the most experienced campaigner Climax
Lawrence in his midfield.
The
entire first half was dominated by the hosts, Mehtab & Pen Orji was leading
all the attacks towards Dempo’s box. Manndeep got a very easy chance in the
very early stages of the game but he failed to score from 1:1 situation, only
managed to found the safe pair of hands of the Dempo custodian Subhasish
Roychowdhury. Dempo started to play in very short passed during the entire
first half.
Finally
Dempo defence yielded in front of the immense pressure of East Bengal attacks,
veteran Mahesh Gawli failed to get rid of goal bound Naoba Singh, Mahesh tried
to stop him by kicking off from the behind, referee Ajeet Meetai blew the
whistle & pointed towards the spot, Chidi didn’t make any mess to convert
it from the spot. There were few more occasions, East Bengal could have
increased the lead but due to the safe hands of Subhasih the first half was
ended in 1-0 situation in hometeam’s fore.
Armando
Colaso changed the entire strategy in the second half, we got a different Dempo
from the beginning minutes of the second half, they started to play in long
ball instead of short passes. They have taken three vital changes, introduced
Rowlison, Joaqim & foreign recruit Rohan Rickets in the place of Mahesh
Gawli, Clifford Miranda & Koko Sakibo which became fruitful for them.
There
was a genuine penalty when Ryuji Suoeka was brought down in the box by East
Bengal defender Saumik Dey. Referee Ajeet Metai denied the visitors from a
clear penalty. The Dempo players got fired, pushed & slapped referee. Ajeet
Metai made another blunder by showing only an yellow card to Ryuoi Suoeka
instead of few red cards.
Naoba
passed a delightful through ball for Penn inside of the Dempo box, he slipped
the ball towards Robin Singh & it was really hard to swallow &
understand that how did the East Bengal forward Robin Singh crawl over the ball
in front of the empty goal from inside of the six yard box, its really very
critical to miss from this position. If Robin scored the the match could have sealed
in East Bengal’s name easily, but unfortunately it didn’t happen.
Dempo
got their equalizer in the 82nd minute from a corner complete
against the run of play, the ball swung to the far corner was headed back
towards goal by Cresson Antao, before a goalmouth scramble ensued and it was
Peter Carvalho who had the last touch before the ball ended in the back of the
net. It was Gurpreet’s indecision to come and get the ball that cost the home
side. After that goal East Begal had few more chances but they failed to
convert them.
This
season East Bengal have been suffering a lot since the beginning due to lack of
penetration across the opponent box, visibly most of the times during play
Chidi was missing a companion in up front. I think East Bengal officials should
think immediately regarding that issue.
After
four round of I-League Dempo is leading the tally with 10 points from four
matches, East Bengal is following right behind with 8 points from four matches.
My
Opinion: With his due respect why did Morgan not try to seal his defenceline in
the later stage of second half when East Bengal was leading in 1-0 margin ? Why did he not try to cut the
pace of Joaquim in the left side ? the question will also arise regarding the
inclusion of Robin Singh in the place of Mannandeep Singh in second half, I
think he should bring a blocker instead of a forward for holding the 1-0 margin
till the end & if a player like Robin Singh really deserves a place in a
heavy weight side like East Bengal or not ? if he deserves then when will he
get matured & show some adultery ? I think situation & time will give
us all those answers.
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