Bottom-placed sides SC East Bengal and NorthEast United play out 1-1 draw

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NorthEast United performed out a 1-1 draw of their last recreation of the season in opposition to fellow strugglers SC East Bengal within the Indian Super League (ISL) right here on Monday.

Goals from Marco Sahanek (45+1) and Antonio Perosevic (fifty fifth) managed to separate the factors both manner as Khalid Jamil’s males ended the season with solely three wins.

As for SC East Bengal, their winless run prolonged to seven matches.

Sahanek scored his first aim for NEUFC to present them the lead within the first half however the equalizer got here by means of Perosevic, who scored from a exact penalty.

Two good possibilities fell SCEB’s manner within the early levels with Lalrinliana Hnamte making the goalkeeper pull off a superb save and Mahesh Naorem Singh hitting the crossbar from long-range.

NEUFC survived one other scare after the half-hour mark as a volley by Perosevic missed the goal by a whisker.

However, it was the Highlanders that took the lead only a minute earlier than the half-time whistle. A header from Deshorn Brown hit the left submit and fell kindly to Marco Sahanek who made no mistake and buried his left-footed shot into the bottom-right nook.

The second half didn’t start in keeping with plan for Khalid Jamil’s aspect as Patrick Flottmann’s push on Fran Sota throughout an aerial battle was deemed as a foul within the field, resulting in a penalty. Perosevic scored the equaliser from the penalty spot, after sending Mirshad Michu in the direction of the unsuitable manner.

Marcelinho got here off the bench for NEUFC to inject some vitality within the last third and mixed with Suhair however the latter’s volley was expertly punched away by Sankar Roy in aim.

Four minutes had been added for stoppages however neither workforce had the leading edge to attain the winner in the long run. With nothing to separate the 2 groups, the sport led to a draw, a lot to the frustration for each units of gamers.

SC East Bengal will pull the curtains on their ISL season by enjoying Bengaluru FC right here on Saturday whereas NorthEast United’s marketing campaign has come to an finish.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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