AFC Cup: No return-leg suspensions for East Bengal's Mehtab & Okpara

In a relief for the East Bengal Club camp there will be no yellow card suspensions for defender Uga Okpara and captain Mehtab Hossain in their AFC Cup semifinal return-leg against Kuwait SC as had been made public officially by the red-and-gold’s.

This means that both Uga Okpara and Mehtab Hossain will be available for team selection for coach Marcos Falopa, who himself had said at the post-match press conference that Okpara would be missed in the home tie.

East Bengal Club yesterday had lost 2-4 against Kuwait SC in their AFC Cup semifinal first-leg with the second-leg to be played at the Saltlake Stadium in Kolkata on Tuesday, October 22.