East Bengal has become the new champion of Kalinga Super Cup. East Bengal defeated Odisha FC 3-2 to win the Kalinga Super Cup final, ending their 12-year wait. East Bengal won its first title after many years.
East Bengal is a famous club of Kolkata, which became the new champion of the Super Cup on Sunday.
This match was quite memorable for football fans. In this 120-minute match between the two teams, both the teams were giving equal competition to each other. Sometimes it seemed that East Bengal would win the match, and sometimes it seemed that Odisha FC would win the match. The fortunes of both the teams kept rotating from one end to the other throughout the match.
In a thrilling final, East Bengal won 3-2 over Odisha FC thanks to a decisive goal from Clayton Silva.
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Both teams got many chances to score goals. Both the teams were tied 2-2 in regular time. After this, extra time was given, in which both the teams were playing against each other and both the teams were on par at the end of the first half.
Clayton Silva made East Bengal the champion by scoring the winning goal in the 111th minute. With this victory, all the players of East Bengal team started dancing with joy. In the remaining time, Odisha tried hard to score, but East Bengal, showing their strong defence, did not give them any chance to score.
Talking about other goals of the match, the first goal for East Bengal was scored by Nandha Kumar Sekar in the 51st minute and the second goal was scored by Saul Crespo in the 62nd minute. Diego Mauricio scored the first goal for Odisha in the 39th minute, while Ahmed Jahou scored the second goal in the 90+9th minute.
