Kolkata: East Bengal FC continued their unbeaten run to make the Super Six of CFL Premier Division, getting past Calcutta Police 3-0 in their last Group B match on Friday. EB also topped their group and will carry their 34 points from 12 league stage matches into the next stage. Bhawanipore Club and Calcutta Customs are the other two sides that progressed from their group.
East Bengal dominated proceedings on Friday and could have ended up with a bigger victory margin.It took the red-and-gold brigade only five minutes to break the deadlock as Bathala Sunil headed in Hira Mondal’s long free-kick.
Bino George’s side doubled their lead in the 35th minute when Tanmay Das unleashed a powerful shot from the edge of the box which went in after touching the rival goalkeeper’s hand.
The team continued to push for more goals after the break and came close to scoring halfway into the second half when Kush Chhetry was brought down inside the opposition box. However, Jesin TK was unable to convert the resultant penalty.
It was Sayan Banerjee who completed the tally in the 88th minute when he found the net to make it 3-0.