AFC Champions League-2: East Bengal lose 2-3 to Altyn Asyr in the preliminary round - Highlights
Catch all the highlights of the preliminary round of AFC Champions League-2 as East Bengal faces Altyn Asyr of Turkmenistan.
East Bengal FC (Photo Credit: ISL)
The exciting Asian football club competition kickstarted for India as East Bengal FC took on Altyn Asyr of Turkmenistan in the preliminary stage of Asian Champions League-2 on Wednesday.
The ISL club was returning to Asia after a long gap of nine years, sighting to make it to the group stage of this second-tier club competition of Asian Football.
East Bengal was the host of the match as they took on Altyn Asyr at the Salt Lake Stadium of Kolkata at 7:00 PM IST.
The winner of this single-leg play-off match progressed to the group stage of the competition.
As it happened:
East Bengal played a better game in the second half of the match but still couldn't find a much-required equalizer.
They had a very good start to the half but conceded another goal against the run of play because of a defensive mistake.
Saul Crespo pulled them back in the match with a great individual goal but it wasn't enough for them to win the match or force an extra time.
With this loss, East Bengal's journey at AFC Champions League-2 is over at the Preliminary round.
But they will continue their run in Asia as they are demoted to the group stage of the third tier, the AFC Challenge League.
East Bengal (IND) 2-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
East Bengal (IND) 2-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
East Bengal (IND) 2-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
East Bengal (IND) 2-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
East Bengal (IND) 2-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
East Bengal (IND) 2-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
East Bengal (IND) 2-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
East Bengal (IND) 2-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
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