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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 in action at AFC Champions League-2. (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:
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- 14 Aug 2024 2:55 PM GMT
59' Saul Crespo scores a brilliant goal after dribble pass three defenders in front of him
East Bengal (IND) 2-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
- 14 Aug 2024 2:48 PM GMT
52' Altyn scores their third goal with a diving shot from Titov as Defense falters again
East Bengal (IND) 1-3 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
- 14 Aug 2024 2:46 PM GMT
50' A shot on goal from Diamantakos but a comfortable take for the goalkeeper
East Bengal (IND) 1-2 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
- 14 Aug 2024 2:42 PM GMT
47' A shot from Nanda goes straight into the goalkeeper's hand
East Bengal (IND) 1-2 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
- 14 Aug 2024 2:26 PM GMT
Half time: East Bengal (IND) 1-2 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
East Bengal started the first half with an early goal when David Lalhlansanga made an easy tap-in on the deflection in the 7th minute.
But then, a sloppy defense from East Bengal helped Altyn Asyr to take the lead with two quick goals in the middle phase of the half.
In the final 10 minutes, East Bengal dominated the play but couldn't find many great opportunities to hit a shot on target.
- 14 Aug 2024 2:22 PM GMT
45+6' A poor freekick from East Bengal to end the first half trailing by 1 goal
East Bengal (IND) 1-2 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
- 14 Aug 2024 2:20 PM GMT
45+4' A great save from Altyn's goalkeeper to keep their lead alive
East Bengal (IND) 1-2 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
- 14 Aug 2024 2:15 PM GMT
45' East Bengal is unable to find any space in the opponent's penalty box
East Bengal (IND) 1-2 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
- 14 Aug 2024 2:11 PM GMT
40' A good spell of attack from East Bengal but could not find any accurate cross
East Bengal (IND) 1-2 Altyn Asyr (TKM)
