The game petered out a bit in the last quarter. The pace of the game so far taking its toll on the players.
90+2: Full Time: Aggregate Score East Bengal 3-3 Shillong Lajong. Thirty minutes of extra-time awaits
90: Two minutes of extra-time seems a bit fishy. We have had a lot of stoppages. We move on.
86: Pena appears to have picked up an injury. Mostly a hamstring injury. Substitution for SJ. Fabio Pena out. Hardy Cliff in.
85: The game is getting stretched. It’s been stop-start for a while. I don’t blame the players
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82: EB creating but unable to finish. Narayan Das crosses onto Donghyun head. He heads over.
80: Ranty gets hurt on the back of the head, the referee calls for medical attention.
78: Bernard Mendy looks like the dangerman. Cuts in on his left and unleashes on his left. Well held by the SJ goalkeeper.
77: Haokip goes past Didika, chopped down. Yellow Card for Didika.
76: Sitter for Narayan Das. HOW DID HE MISS THAT? Shoots over. “I could have scored that”.
74: Mendy and Ranty combining well again. Mendy shoots, away from the goal post. Disappointing. Waves his arms towards the crowd to increase the volume and gets a great reception.
72: Ranty crosses in with his left (from the right), Mendy tries to lob the goalkeeper, loops over the crossbar.
71: Water Break. It is very humid in Kolkata. The players look tired. Best of luck playing Extra-Time
70: Haokip with a step-over and shot. Sails over the cross-bar spaces opening up. Haokip looks good. Fast and Tricky.
66: The front three of Bipin, Pena and Issac combining. Bipin tries to push the ball and whip a cross in, the ball goes out for a corner.
63: Uilliams has been a nuisance since he has come on. Forces a corner, as the EB defender tries to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper.
62: Substitution. Deepak Mondal out. Bernard Mendy in.
61: Donghyun goes past one and tries to cross, fouled. The referee lets it go, Didika with a ‘kick-out’ like challenge, referee blows his whistle, but he gets away without a yellow card.
60: Noting comes out of that, over-hit.
59: Arnab Mondol and Sanju Pradhan both get booked in two minutes. Arnab for arguing with the ref, Sanju deservedly for a clinical challenge. Free kick to SL in a promising position.
57: Ranty crosses from the right wing for Donghyun, roles reversed. Donghyun controls, tries to turn, the referee blows his whistle for a handball.
54:Ranty Martins looks frustrated. The final ball hasn’t been great from EB. Donghyun tries a Hollywood Pass, just a tad too long for Ranty.
52:Corner for SJ. Eb tries to counter, Sanju loses the ball dilly dallying on the ball.
48: The Lajong Goalkeeper Kaith makes a mess of a cross, ricochets off the legs of his defenders. Lucky escape.
47: Lovely stuff from Lajong.Ulliams with the cross, what a save from Rahenesh, pushes onto the bar.
46: Lovely through ball by Sanju Pradhan, Ranty tries a back heel, doesn’t pay off.
46: The Red and Yellow brigade kick of the game.
45: The players are back on the pitch. Second half about to start.
