East Bengal out of Playoff Race: Chennai FC benefited from East Bengal's loss. They made it to the playoffs with one match to spare. Six teams confirmed for ISL 2023-24 season playoffs. Those six teams are – Mumbai City FC, Mohun Bagan SG, Goa FC, Odisha FC, Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin FC.
No more numbers, equations – nothing needed. East Bengal choked their dreams with their own hands. East Bengal played a very poor performance against Punjab FC on Wednesday and lost. As a result, Carles Cuadrat boys crushed all their dreams of reaching the playoffs. East Bengal lost 1-4 against Punjab today. With that, their dream of playing in the ISL playoffs ended.
Chennaiyin FC benefited from East Bengal's loss. They made it to the playoffs with one match to spare. Six teams confirmed for ISL 2023-24 season playoffs. Those six teams are – Mumbai City FC, Mohun Bagan SG, Goa FC, Odisha FC, Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin FC.
From the beginning of the match, East Bengal did not show that desperate feeling of victory. Carles Kuadrat's team plays completely random, unplanned football. And Punjab was very bitter. From the beginning they took the path of aggressive football. On this day, Punjab did not let the footballers of East Bengal get the ball. The supply line was cut from the beginning by the Punjabis. The red-yellow footballers could not pass each other. Punjab was repeatedly taking the ball away. Punjab FC dominated the midfield from the start. The fact that they followed the game of red and yellow very well, it was proved in the game of Punjab today. The attack that Saúl Crespo, Mahesh Singh created, was stopped by Punjab on this day. East Bengal also had no Plan-B
On the other hand, Talal and Jordon were cornered by the attack of the red-yellow defense. Jordan gave Punjab a 1-0 lead in 19 minutes. However, East Bengal did not take time to equalize. In the 25th minute, Sion Banerjee scored a quick goal to equalize 1-1. However, if this goal is excluded, the goal of East Bengal is zero. The rest of the match was dominated by Punjab. As time passed, the power of Punjab increased. Talal gave Punjab a 2-1 lead in the 43rd minute. Red-yellow trembled at his speed. Prabhsukhan Gill could not play today. And his replacement Kamaljit Singh stood under the goal and made one mistake after another. Talal had another chance just before the break. His shot goes wide.
After trailing 1-2 in the first half, as expected, the red-
Yellow footballers will jump desperately. But where what! The lack of understanding between the footballers was equally visible in the second half. By conceding two more goals, East Bengal have to pay the price. Punjab's third goal came in the 61st minute. Punjab 3-1 in Talal-Jordan double bond. Talal's cross found a virtually unguarded Jordan in front of the East Bengal goal and put the ball into the net. Another dangerous run by Talal in the 70th minute broke the East Bengal defence. The French footballer who came up in the final third of red and yellow coolly raised the ball to Mazen. He made no mistake to make it 4-1. After that there was no place for East Bengal to come back in the match. Red-yellow brigade of Carles Cuadrat ended the ISL campaign with a shameful defeat of 1-4 goals.
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