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#4 East Bengal sorely missed a target man
One look at the line up for EB will tell you that the visitors had no out-and-out striker in their starting eleven. With new signing Dudu set to start in the Kolkata Derby on Sunday, East Bengal found it extremely tough to finish off their moves.
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Katsumi, Brandon and Al Amna's influence on the match grew tenfold in the second half. Unfortunately, they did not have a target man to feed their incisive passes to. Crosses from the wings were easily cleared by Aizawl's back-four.
Nobody of significant height was present in the box for EB to make the most of those dangerous crosses. The absence of a striker also meant the visitors were craving a player who could hold on to the ball and bring others into the game. Their attack always seemed hurried and lacked clarity.
